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A 

SHAKESPEARE 

■ READER 

IN THE OLD SPELLING 
AND WITH A PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION 

BY 

WILHELM VIETOR, M. A., PH. D. 

Professor of English Philology in the University op Marburg 

President of the Association Phonetique Internationale; 

Hon. Mem. of the Modern Language Association 

OF Great Britain and Ireland, &c. 



"Speak the speech, I pray you, as I 
pronounced it to j'ou . . ." 



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PREFACE. 



In order to illustrate what I believe to be the 
pronunciation of Shakespeare^ I have selected a variety 
of extracts for vivd voce reading from Venus and 
Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, and the Sonnets, and 
from all the plays in the first Folio, with the exception 
of The Comedy of Errors, Henry VI., Troilus and 
Cressida, and Titus Andronicus. I venture to hope 
that the familiar passages here presented in a pho- 
netic form will thus gain a new antiquarian interest, 
without losing anything of their old power and charm. 
In spite of the deplorable state of the text and other 
difficulties I have not resisted the temptation to include 
in this unpretending ''Shakespeare revival" part of the 
amusing French scene in Henry V. 

My sincerest thanks are due to Lektor H. Smith, 
M. A., of Marburg, and to Dr. A. Buchenau, of Darm- 
.stadt, for the trouble they have taken in helping to 
secure the typographical correctness of the texts. Most 
of the sheets have also been kindly revised by Herr 
stud. phil. W, Schwank and Herr stud. phil. F. Tischner. 

Marburg, July 1906. 

W. V, 



VI Abbreviations. Vowels. 

ABBREVIATIONS. 

F = (first) Folio. Q = (first) Quarto, 

om. = omitted. Q2 = second Quarto. 

Other contractions do not require any explanation. 



KEY TO PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION. 

(Reprinted from A Shakespeare Phonology, §§ 4, 6 and 7.) 

*^* The phonetic notation is that of the Association 
Phonetique Internationale. 

VOWELS. 

Palatal, or Front. Mixed. Velar, or Back, 

High, i:, i, ij, iu ui, u, uw 

Mid. e:, e, eu 3 oi, o, oi, ou 

Low. ae:, ge, aei a: 

Shakespearian Sounds. Modern Sounds. 

[ii] in he = Northern E. e in be ; no after-glide. 

[i] » lip = i in lip. 

[ij] » by == exaggerated London E. (and usual 

Cockney) e in be. 
[iu] » due = u in due ; the first element stressed, 
[ei] » sea = Northern E. ea in bearing. 
[e] » let =1 e m let. 
[eu] » few =zz e in let followed by 00 in too ; the first 

element stressed, 
[aei] » name == a in can, long, 
[se] » can = a in can; the less palatal Northern E. 

variety. 



Vowels. Consonants. VII 

[sei] 2> day = « in can followed by e in he; opener 

than ay in day. 
[a:] » saw = Northern E. and Cockney a m. father. 
[o:] » go = less open than aw in saw; like the first 

element of ow in own. 
[o] » on = less open than o in ow. 
[oi] » joy = 03/ in joy ; the first element, however, 

less open, 
[ou] » own --= ow in ow?^ (cf. [01]). 
[u:] in too = Northern E. 00 in too; no after-glide, 
[u] » up = u in put. 
[uw] » /^o-t^^ = exaggerated London E. 00 in too. 

All the vowels, when unstressed, are more or less 
obscured, verging on [9] (which is now used for a 
in about, in bishop, &c.). 





CONSONANTS. 






Labial. 


^ . , Palatal, 
Dental. ^ \ 
or Front. 


Velar, 
or Back. 


Stops. 
Nasals. 


b-p 

m 


d-t 
n 


I) 


Liquids. 




1, r 





Continuants, w, v-f d-0, z-s, 3-J j-9 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Preface V 

Preliminary Notice 1 

From Venus and Adonis. 

Loue comforteth like fun-Ihine .... 2—3 

Lo here the gentle larke 2 — 3 

She lookes vpon his lips 4 — 5 

From The Rape of Lucrece. 

Those that much couet 8 — 9 

Her lilie hand 10—11 

Sonnet XVIII. Shall I compare .... 12—13 

XXX. When to the Selfions . . 14—15 
2> XXXIII. Full many a glorious 

morning 14—15 

» LV. Not marble^ nor the guilded . 16 — 17 

» LXXIII. That time of yeare . . 16—17 

» CIV. To me faire friend .... 18—19 

» CXVI. Let me not to the marriage 18 — 19 
From The Tempest. 

I. II. Come vnto thefe yellow lands . 20—21 

IV. I. Our Reuels now are ended . . 22 — 23 

V. I. Where the Bee fucks .... 24—25 
FrOxM The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

IV. II. Who is Siluia? 24—25 



Table of Contents. IX 

PAGE 

From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 

I. I. Sir Hugh, perlwade me not. . . 26 — 27 
IV. I. How now Sir Hugh 30 — 31 

From Measure for Measure. 

II. II. Yet fhew lome pittie 34—35 

III. I. What laies my brother? . . . 36—37 

IV. I. Take, oh take 36—37 

From Much Ado about Nothing. 

II. III. Sigh no more Ladies .... 38 — 39 

III. I. O God of loue! 38—39 

IV. I. Lady Beatrice, haue you wept . 40 — 41 

From Love's Labour's Lost. 

II. I. Another of thele Students . . . 42—43 

IV. III. O we haue made a Vow . . 44—45 

V. II. When Dalies pied 46—47 

From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

II. I. My gentle Pucke come hither . 50 — 51 

II. II. You fpotted Snakes 52—53 

III. I. Why do they run away? . . . 54—55 
V. I. 'Tis Itrange my Thefeus . . . 58—59 

From The Merchant of Venice. 

III. II. Tell me where is fancie bred . 62—63 

IV. I. The quality of mercy is not ftrain'd 62 — 63 

V. I. The moone fhines bright . . . 64 — 65 

From As You Like It. 

II. I. Now my Coe-mates 68 — 69 

II. V. Under the greene wood tree . . 70 — 71 

IL vn. All the world's a Itage . . . 72—73 

II. VII. Blow, blow, thou winter winde 74 — 75 

V. III. It was a Louer, and his lalfe . 74—75 



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Table of Contents. 



PAGE 

From The Taming of the Shrew. 

IV. I. Come Kate fit downe . . . 76—77 

V. II. Fie, fie, vnknit 78—79 

From Twelfth Night; or, What You 

Wll^L. 

I. I. If Muficke be the food of Loue 82—83 

II. III. .0 Miftris mine 82—83 

II. IV. Come away 84 — 85 

III. IV. How now Maluolio? . . . 86—87 

From The .Winter's Tale. 

II. I. Take the Boy to you ... 88—89 

IV. III. log-on, log-on 92—93 

From King John. 

I. I. A foot of Honor 92—93 

V. VII. This England neuer did . . 94—95 

From King Richard II. 

II. I. This royall Throne of Kings . 94 — 95 

From The First Part of King Henry IV. 

II. IV. What's the matter? .... 96—97 
V. IV. Fare thee well great heart . 102 — 103 

From The Second Part of King HenryI V. 

III. I. How many thoufand .... 104—105 

IV. IV. Will Fortune neuer come . 106 — 107 

From King Henry V. 

III. IV. Alice, tu as efte en Angleterre 106 — 107 

From King Richard III. 

1. 1. Now is the Winter of our Dif content 1 10 — 1 1 1 

IV. III. The tyrannous and bloodie Act 112 — 113 

V. IV. Refcue my Lord of Norfolke . 114—115 



Table of Contents. XI 

PAGE 

From King Henry VIII. 

III. II. Farewell! A long farewell . 116—117 

From Coriolanus. 

V. III. Nay, go not from vs thus. . 118—119 

From Romeo and Juliet. 

II. iL She fpeakes 122—123 

V. I. If I may truft 128—129 

From Julius C/Esar. 

III. II. Romans, Contrey-men, and Louers 128 — 129 

From Macbeth. 

I. III. Where halt thou beene, Sifter? 138—139 

I. VII. If it were done 142—143 

II. I. Is this a Dagger 144—145 

V. III. How do's your Patient, Doctor? 146—147 

From Hamlet. 

I. II. Oh that this too too folid Flefh 148—149 

I. III. Giue thy thoughts no tongue . 150 — 151 

III. I. To be, or not to be ... . 152—153 

III. II. Speake the Speech I pray you 154—155 

IV. V. How fhould I your true loue know 158 — 159 

From King Lear. 

III. II. Blow windes 158—159 

IV. VI. How fearefull 160—161 

V. III. Howie, howle, howle, howle . 162—163 

From Othello. 

I. III. Her Father lou'd me ... . 164—165 

IV. II. Alas lago 168—169 

V. II. I pray you in jour Letters . 168 — 169 



XII 



Table of Contents. 



PAGE 

From Antony and Cleopatra. 

II. II. The Barge The fat in . . . 170-171 

V. II. Giue me my Robe .... 172—173 

From Cymbeline. 

II. III. Hearke, hearke, the Larke . 175 — 176 

III. IV. Come Fellow, be thou honeft 175 — 176 

IV. II . Feare no more the heate o ' th ' Sun 1 76 — 177 



A SHAKESPEARE READER. 



PRELIMINARY NOTICE. 

The following texts are printed from the first 
Quarto of each of the poems, and from the first Folio 
of the plays respectively. Mistakes have been cor- 
rected in the text, the original readings, except in the 
case of irrelevant irregularities in punctuation and the 
like, being given in a note. 

In accordance with the companion volume, A Shake- 
speare Phonology, the phonetic transcription is inten- 
tionally general and simple. As word and sentence 
stress are wholly or mostly the same as in present 
English, and as occasional deviations in word stress 
are sufficiently indicated by the metre, they have not 
been marked. Similarly, weak vowels have not been 
distinguished from the corresponding strong vowels; 
thus [ge] is used for [ge] as well as for [ae], ago e. g. 
appearing as [segoi], i. e. [se'go;], and almost [ago:]. 
Phonetic doublets have been only sparingly added. 
Fluctuations in quantity are pointed out by inserting (i) 
into the text. Where the (:) is restricted to riming 
words, as in the case of love = [lu(:)v], the meaning 
is that Shakespeare possibly deviated from his regular 
form in order to improve the rime. 



Viator, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. II. 



From Venus and Adonis. 

LOUE comforteth like fun-fhine after raine^ 
800 But lults effect is tempelt after funne, 

Loues gentle spring doth alwayes frefh remaine, 

Lufts winter comes, ere fommer halfe be donne: 

Loue furfets not, lult like a glutton dies : 

Loue is all truth, luft full of forged lies. 



LO here the gentle larke wearie of reft, 
From his moyft cabinet mounts vp on hie, 
855 And wakes the morning, from whofe filuer breft, 
The funne arifeth in his maieftie. 

Who doth the world so glorioufly behold, 
That Ceader tops and hils, feeme burnifht gold. 

Venus falutes him with this faire good morrow, 

860 Oh thou cleare god, and patron of all light, 

From whom ech lamp, and f hining ftar doth borrow, 

The beautious influence that makes him bright, 

There hues a fonne that fuckt an earthly mother, 

May lend thee light, as thou doeft lend to other. 

865 This fayd, fhe hafteth to a mirtle groue, 
Mufing the morning is fo much ore-worne. 
And yet fhe heares no tidings of her loue; 
She barkens for his hounds, and for his home, 
Anon fhe heares them chaunt it luftily, 

870 And all in haft fhe coafteth to the cry. 



From Venus and Adonis. 

]uv kumforte6 lijk sunjijn 'aefter raein, 

but lusts efekt iz tempest sefter sun; soo 

luvz d5ent,l sprii) du0 ailwaeiz frej remaein, 

lusts winter kumz eir sumer haif bi dun*, 

luv sui-fets not, lust lijk ge gluton dijz; 

luv iz a:l triu6, lust ful ov ford;ed lijz. 



]o:, he:r de d5ent,l Iserk, weiri ov rest, 

from his moist kaebinet muwnts up on hij, 

send wae;ks de mornii), from hwuiz silver brest sss 

de sun serijze6 in hiz mged5estij; 

hwu: du9 de world so gloiriusli bihould, 
daet seider-tops aend hilz si:m burnijt gould. 

ve;nus sgeliuts him wid dis fgeir gud-moro:: 
*'o: duw kle:r god, aend paetron ov a:l lijt, seo 

from hwuim e:tj laemp aend Jijnii) staer du6 boroi 
de beutius infliuens daet maeiks him brijt, 

der livz ae sun daet sukt aen e(:)reli muder, 
maei lend dii lijt, aez duw dust lend tu uder/' 

dis saeid, Ji hae(i)stee tu ae mirt,l groiv, ses 

miuzig de mornii) iz so mutj oirworn, 

send jit Ji heirz no tijdigz ov her lu(i)v : 

Ji haerk,nz for hiz huwndz aend for hiz horn: 

aenon Ji heirz dem tjaent it lustilij, 

aend ail in hae(:)st Ji koistee tu de krij. sto 

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4 From Venus and Adonis. 

And as fhe runnes, the bulhes in the way, 
Some catch her by the necke, fome kille her face, 
Some twine 1 about her thigh to make her ftay, 
She wildly breaketh from their ftrict imbrace, 
875 Like a milch Doe, whofe fwelling dugs do ake, 
Hafting to feed her fawne, hid in fome brake. 

She lookes vpon his lips, and they are pale, 
She takes him by the hand, and that is cold, 
ii25She whifpers in his eares a heauie tale, 
As if they heard the wofuU words fhe told: 
She lifts the coffer-lids that clofe his eyes, 
Where lo, two lamps burnt out in darkneffe lies. 

Two glaffes where her felfe, her felfe beheld 
1130 A thoufand times, and now no more reflect. 
Their vertue loft, wherein they late exceld. 
And euerie beautie robd of his effect; 

Wonder of time (quoth fhe) this is my fpight. 
That thou being dead, the day fhuld yet be light. 

iiasSince thou art dead, lo here I prophecie. 
Sorrow on loue hereafter fhall attend: 
It fhall be wayted on with iealoufie. 
Find fweet beginning, but vnfauorie end, 
Nere fetled equally, but high or lo, 

luo That all loues pleafure fhall not match his wo. 

It fhall be fickle, falfe, and full of fraud. 
Bud, and be blafted, in a breathing while. 
The bottome poyfon, and the top ore-ftrawd 
With fweets, that fhall the trueft fight beguile, 
1145 The ftrongeft bodie fhall it make moft weake, 
Strike the wife dumbe, and teach the foole to fpeake. 
^ twin'd. 



From Venus and Adonis. 5 

send aez Ji runz, de bujez in de wsei 
sum kaetj her bij de nek, sum kis her faeis, 
sum twijn gebuwt her 0ij tu mseik her staei: 
Ji wijldli breikea from daeir strikt imbrgeis, 

Hjk ae miltj do:, hwuiz swelii) dugz du se:k, sts 
h8e(:)stii) tu fiid her fa:n hid in sum braeik. 
* * 

Ji luiks upon hiz lips, aend daei aer paeil; 

Ji taeiks him bij de haend, aend daet iz kould; 

Ji hwisperz in hiz eirz ae he(i)vi taeil, 1125 

sez if daei haerd de woiful wordz ^i tould; 
Ji Hfts de kofer-Hdz daet kloiz hiz ijz, 
h weir, lo:, tui laemps, burnt uwt, in daerknes lijz ; 

tu: glaesez, hwe:r herself herself biheld 

ae 0uwzaend tijmz, aend nuw no moir reflekt; 1130 

daeir vertiu lost, hweirin daei lasit ekseld, 

aend ev(e)ri beuti robd ov hiz efekt: 

"wunder ov tijm,'' kwoO Jii, "dis iz mij fpijt, 
daet, duw biiii) ded, de daei Juild jit bi lijt. 

"sins duw aert ded, loi, heir ij profesij: 1135 

soro: on luv heiraefter Jael aetend; 

it Jael bi waeited on wid d5elusij, 

fijnd swiit biginii), but unsaeiv(o)ri end, 

neir setled eikwaeli, but hij or loi, 

daet ail luvz ple(i)ziur Jael not maetj hiz woi. ii4o 

''it Jael bi fik,l, fails, aend ful ov fraid, 

bud aend bi blaested in ae breidiij-hwijl ; 

de botom poiz,n, aend de top oirstraid 

wid swiits daet Jael de triuest sijt bigijl: 

de stroijgest bodi Jael it maeik moist weik, lus 

strijk de wijz dum aend teitj de fuil tu speik. 



6 From Venus and Adonis. 

It Ihall be {paring, and too full of ryot, 
Teaching decrepit age to tread the mealures, 
The ftaring ruffian fhall it keepe in quiet, 
iiooPluck down the rich, inrich the poore with treafures, 
It fhall be raging mad, and fillie milde. 
Make the yoong old, the old become a childe. 

It fhall fufpect where is no caufe of feare, 
It fhall not feare where it fhould moft miftruft, 
iissit fhall be merciful), and too feueare, 

And most deceiuing, when it feemes moft iuft, 
Peruerfe it fhall be, where it fhowes moft toward^ 
Put feare to valour, courage to the coward. 

It fhall be caufe of warre, and dire euents, 
iiGoAnd fet diffention twixt the fonne, and fire, 
Subiect, and feruill to all difcontents: 
As drie combuftious matter is to fire, 

Sith in his prime, death doth my loue deftroy^ 
They that loue beft, their loues fhall not enioy. 

iiesBy this the boy that by her fide laie kild. 
Was melted like a vapour from her fight. 
And in his blood that on the ground laie fpild, 
A purple floure fproong vp, checkred with white, 
Refembling well his pale cheekes, and the blood, 

117 "Which in round drops, vpon their whitenef fe ftood. 

She bowes her head, the new-f prong floure to fmel, 
Comparing it to her Adonis breath. 
And faies within her bofome it fhall dwell. 
Since he himfelfe is reft from her by death; 
1175 She crop's the ftalke, and in the breach appeares, 
Green-dropping fap, which fhe compares toteares. 



From Venus and Adonis. 7 

"it Jael bi spgeirig aend tu: ful ov rijot, 

teitjii) dekrepit aeid; tu tre(:)d de me(:)ziurz; 

de staeirii) rufisen Jsel it kiip in kwijet, 

pluk duwn de ritj, inritj de puir wid tre(;)ziurz; 1150 
it Jael bi raeid^ii)-mged aend sili-mijld, 
maeik de jui) ould, de ould bikum ae tjijld. 

"it Jael suspekt hweir iz no kaiz ov feir; 

it Jael not feir hweir it Juild moist mistrust; 

it /ael bi mersiful aend tui seveir, 1155 

aend moist deseivii) hwen it siimz moist d^ust; 
pervers it Jael bi hweir it Jouz moist towaerd, 
put feir tu vaeler, kuraed^ tu de kuwaerd. 

"it Jael bi kaiz ov waer aend dijr events, 

aend set disensTon twikst de sun aend sijr; iieo 

subd^ekt aend servil tu ail diskontents, 

aez drij kombustms maeter iz tu fijr: 

sie in hiz prijm de(i)e due mij luv destroi, 
daei daet luv best daeir luvz Jael not ind5oi." 

bij dis, de boi daet bij her sijd laei kild iies 

waez melted lijk ae vaeipor from her sijt, 
aend in hiz blud daet on de gruwnd laei spild, 
ae purp,l fluwr sprui) up, tjekred wid hwijt, 
rezemblii) wel hiz paeil tjiiks aend de blud 
hwitj in ruwnd drops upon daeir hwijtnes stud, mn 

Ji buwz her hed, de niu-sprui) fluwr tu smel, 

kompaeirii) it tu her aedoinis bre(i)6, 

aend saeiz, widin her buizom it Jael dwel, 

sins hii himself iz reft from her bij de(i)0: 

Ji krops de staik, aend in de breitj aepeirz nir 

grim dropig saep, hwitJ Ji kompaeirz tu teirz. 



8 From The Rape of Lucrece. 

Poore floure (quoth fhe) this was thy fathers guife^ 
Sweet iffue of a more fweet fmelHng fire, 
For euerie little griefe to wet his eies^ 
iisoTo grow vnto himfelfe was his defire; 

And fo tis thine, but know it is as good, 
To wither in my breft, as in his blood. 

Here was thy fathers bed, here in my breft, 
Thou art the next of blood, and tis thy right. 
iissLo in this hollow cradle take thy reft. 

My throbbing hart fhall rock thee day and night; 
There fhall not be one minute in an houre, 
Wherein I wil not kiffe my fweet loues floure. 

Thus weary of the world, away fhe hies, 
11 90 And yokes her filuer doues, by whofe fwift aide, 
Their miftreffe mounted through the emptie skies, 
In her light chariot, quickly is conuaide. 

Holding their courfe to Paphos, where their queen, 
Meanes to immure her felfe, and not be feen. 



From The Rape of Lucrece. 

Those that much couet are with gaine fo fond, 
135 That what they haue not, that which they poffeffe 
They fcatter and vnloofe it from their bond. 
And fo by hoping more they haue but leffe, 
Or gaining more, the profite of exceffe 

Is but to furfet, and fuch griefes fuftaine, 
140 That they proue banckrout in this poore rich gain. 



From The Rape of Lucrece. .9 

*'pu:r fluwr/' kwoe Jii, "dis waez dij faederz gijz — 

swiit isiu ov ae moir swiit-smelii) sijr — 

for ev(e)ri lit^l griif tu wet hiz ijz : 

tu gro: unto himself waez hiz dezijr, ii^o 

send SOI tiz dijn; but kno:, it iz ses gud 
tu wider in mij brest sez in hiz blud. 

"heir waez dij faederz bed, heir in mij brest; 
duw sert de nekst ov blud, aend tiz dij rijt: 
loi, in dis holoi kraeid,l taeik dij rest, uss 

mij erobig haert /ael rok di daei aend nijt: 
der Jael not bi oin miniut in aen uwr 
hweirin ij wil not kis mij swiit luvz fluwr." 

dus weiri ov de world, aewaei Ji hijz, 

send joiks her silver duvz; bij hwuiz swift aeid ^^^^ 

daeir mistres muwnted erui de empti skijz 

in her lijt tjaeriot kwikli iz konvaeid; 

houldii) daeir kuirs tu paeifos, hweir daeir kwiin 
meinz tu imiur herzelf aend not bi siin. 



From The Rape of Lucrece. 

doiz daet mutj kuvet aer wid gaein so fond, 

daet hwaet daei haeiv not, daet hwitj daei pozes ^^^ 

daei skaeter aend unluis it from daeir bond, 

aend soi, bij hoipii) moir, daei haeiv but les; 

or, gaeinii) moir, de profit ov ekses 

iz but tu surfet, aend sutj griifs sustaein, 

daet daei pruiv baeijkruwt in dis puir-ritj gaein. uo 



10 From The Rape of Lucrece. 

The ayme of all is but to nourfe the life, 
With honor, wealth, and eafe in wainyng age: 
And in this ayme there is fuch thwarting ftrife^ 
That one for all, or all for one we gage: 
145 As hfe for honour, in fell battailes rage. 

Honor for wealth, and oft that wealth doth coft 
The death of all, and altogether loft. 

So that in ventring ill, we leaue to be 
The things we are, for that which we expect: 
16 And this ambitious foule infirmitie. 

In hauing much torments vs with defect 
Of that we haue: fo then we doe neglect 

The thing we haue, and all for want of wit,. 

Make fomething nothing, by augmenting it. 



Her hllie hand, her rofie cheeke lies vnder, 
Coofning the pillow of a lawfull kiffe: 
Who therefore angrie feemes to part in funder. 
Swelling on either fide to want his bliffe. 
39oBetweene whofe hils her head intombed is; 

Where like a vertuous Monument fhee lies,. 
To be admir'd of lewd vnhallowed eyes. 

Without the bed her other faire hand was, 

On the greene couerlet whofe perfect white 
395 Showed like an Aprill dazie on the graffe. 

With pearlie fwet refembling dew of night. 

Her eyes like Marigolds had fheath'd their light^ 
And canopied in darkeneffe fweetly lay, 
Till they might open to adorne the day. 



From The Rape of Lucrece. 11 

de aeim ov a:l iz but tu nurs de lijf 

wid oner, wele, aend eiz, in waemir) geid^; 

aend in dis seim der iz sutj ewaertig strijf, 

daet o:n for ail, or ail for oin wi gseid;; 

aez lijf for onor in fel bset^lz rsed^-, 145 

onor for welG; send oft daet wele duB kost 

de de(:)0 ov ail, send ailtugeder lost. 

so daet in ventrii) il wi leiv tu bi: 

de eii]z wi aeir for daet hwitj wi ekspekt; 

aend dis aembisTus fuwl infirmitli, iso 

in haeivii) mutj, torments us wid defekt 

ov daet wi haeiv: so den wi du neglekt 

de eii) wi haeiv; aend a:l for waent ov wit, 

maeik sumSii] no0ii) bij aigmentir) it. 



her lili haend her roizi tjiik lijz under, 

kuznii) de pilo: ov ae laiful kis; 

hwui, deirfo:r aeggri, siimz tu paert in sunder, 

swelii) on eider sijd tu waent hiz blis; 

bitwiin hwuiz hilz her hed intuimed iz : ^ aso 

hweir, lijk ae vertmus moniument Ji lijz, 

tu bi aedmijrd ov leud unhaeloud ijz. 

widuwt de bed her uder faeir haend waez, ^ 

on de grim kuverlet*, hwuiz perfekt hwijt 

Joud lijk aen aeipril daeizi on de graes, 395 

wid perli swe(:)t, rezemblii) deu ov nijt. 

her ijz, lijk maerigouldz, haed Jeidd daeir lijt, 

aend k^nopid in daerknes swiitli laei, 

til daei mijt oip,n tu aedorn de daei. 

^ Ov is. ^ wses. 



12 From The Rape of Lucrece. Sonnet XVIII. 

400 Her haire like golden threeds playd with her breath, 

O modeft wantons, wanton modeltie! 

Showing lifes triumph in the map of death, 

And deaths dim looke in lifes mortalitie. 

Ech in her fleepe themfelues fo beautifie, 
403 As if betweene them twaine there were no ftrife, 
But that life liu'd in death, and death in life. 

Her breafts like luory globes circled with blew, 
A paire of maiden worlds vnconquered, 
Saue of their Lord, no bearing yoke they knew, 
410 And him by oath they truely honored. 

Thele worlds in Tarqvin new ambition bred, 
Who like a fowle vlurper went about. 
From this faire throne to heaue the owner out. 



Sonnet XVIII. 
Shall I compare thee to a Summers day? 
Thou art more louely and more temperate: 
Rough windes do fhake the darling buds of Male, 
And Sommers leafe hath all too fhort a date: 
B Sometime too hot the eye of heauen Ihines, 
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd, 
And euery faire from faire fome-time declines. 
By chance, or natures changing courfe vntrim'd: 
But thy eternall Sommer Ihall not fade, 
10 Nor loofe poffeffion of that faire thou ow'ft. 
Nor Ihall death brag thou wandr'ft in his Ihade, 
When in eternall lines to time thou grow'ft, 
So long as men can breath or eyes can fee, 
So long hues this, and this giues life to thee. 



From The Rape of Lucrece. Sonnet XVIII. 13 

her haeir, lijk gould,n ere(i)dz, ^ plaeid wid her bre(:)e ; 4oo 

01 modest wsentonz! waenton modestij! 

Joiii) Hjfs trijumf in de maep ov de(:)e, 

aend de(i)0s dim luik in lijfs mortaelitij: 

e:tj in her sliip demselvz so beutifij, 

aez if bitwiin dem twsein der wer no strijf, 405 
but daet lijf livd in de(i)0, aend de(i)e in lijf. 

her brests, hjk ijv(o)ri gloibz sirkled wid bHu, 
ae paeir ov maeid^n worldz unkorjkered, 
sae:v ov daeir lord no beirii) jo;k daei kniu, 
aend him bij o:G daei triuli onored. 410 

deiz worldz in taerkwin niu aembisTon bred; 
hwu:, lijk ae fuwl iuzurper, went sebuwt 
from dis faeir eroin tu heiv de ouner uwt. 



Sonnet XVIII. 
Jael ij kompaeir di tu ae sumerz daei? 
duw aert moir luvli aend moir temperaeit: 
ruf wijndz du Jaeik de daerlir) budz ov maei, 
aend sumerz leis hae9 a:l tu: Jort ae daeit: 
sumtijm tu: hot de ij ov he(:)v,n Jijnz, 5 

aend oft^n iz hiz gould kompleksTon dimd; 
aend ev(e)ri faeir from faeir sumtijm deklijnz, 
bij tjaens or nae:tiurz tfaend5ii) ku:rs untrimd; 
but dij eternael sumer Jael not fae:d 
nor lu:z pozesion ov daet faeir duw oust; 10 

nor Jael de(:)8 braeg duw waendrest in hiz Jae:d, 
hwen in eternael lijnz tu tijm duw groust: 
so loi) aez men kaen bre:d or ijz kaen si:, 
so loi) livz dis aend dis givz lijf tu di:. 



1 Or eri:dz. 



14 Sonnets XXX. XXXIII. 

Sonnet XXX. 
When to the Seflions of fweet filent thought^ 
I fommon vp remembrance of things paft, 
I figh the lacke of many a thing I fought, 
And with old woes new waile my deare times wafte: 
5 Then can I drowne an eye (vn-vf'd to flow) 
For precious friends hid in deaths dateles night, 
And weepe a frefh loues long fince canceld woe, 
And mone th'expence of many a vannifht fight. 
Then can I greeue at greeuances fore-gon, 
10 And heauily from woe to woe tell ore 
The fad account of fore-bemoned mone, 
Which I new pay, as if not payd before. 

But if the while I thinke on thee (deare friend) 
All loffes are reftord, and forrowes end. 



Sonnet XXXIII. 
Full many a glorious morning haue I feene, 
Flatter the mountaine tops with foueraine eie, 
Killing with golden face the meddowes greene; 
Guilding pale ftreames with heauenly alcumy : 
sAnon permit the bafeft cloudes to ride, 
With ougly rack on his celeftiall face, 
And from the for-lorne world his vifage hide 
Stealing vnfeene to weft with this disgrace: 
Euen fo my Sunne one early morne did fhine, 
10 With all triumphant fplendor on my brow. 
But out alack, he was but one houre mine, 
The region cloude hath mask'd him from me now. 
Yet him for this, my loue no whit difdaineth, 
Suns of the world may ftaine, when heauens 
fun ftaineth. ^ 

^ ftainteh. 



Sonnets XXX. XXXIII. 15 

Sonnet XXX. 
hwen tu de sesTonz ov swiit sijlent 6out 
ij sumon up remembrgens ov eii)z passt^ 
ij sij de Isek ov mseni ge Sir) ij sout, 
aend wid ould wo:z niu wseil mij de:r tijmz waest : 
den kgen ij druwn aen ij, uniuzd tu flo:^ 5 

for presTus frendz hid in de(i)es dseitles nijt, 
send wiip sefrej luvz loi) sins kgens^ld wo:, 
send mom dekspens ov mseni se vaenijt sijt: 
den kgen ij griiv aet griivsensez forgoin, 
send he(i)vili from wo: tu wo: tel o:r 10 

de saed sekuwnt ov fo:r-bimo:ned mom, 
hwitj ij niu paei aez if not pseid bifo:r. 

but if de hwijl ij eiijk on di:, de:r frend, 
a:l losez ger resto:rd send sorouz end. 

Sonnet XXXIII. 
ful maeni as glo:rius mornii) haev ij si:n 
flseter de muwntaein-tops wid sov(e)raein ij, 
kisii) wid gould,n fae:s de medouz grim, 
gi(i)ldii) pae:l stre:mz wid he(:)vnli aelkimij; 
asnon permit de bae:sest kluwdz tu rijd 5 

wid ugli raek on hiz selestiael fae:s, 
send from de forlorn world hiz vizsed; hijd, 
steilii] unsi:n tu west wid dis disgrae:s: 
i:vn so: mij sun o:n e(:)rli morn did Jijn 
wid a:l-trijumfaent splendor on mij bruw; 10 

but uwt, aelaek! hi waez but o:n uwr mijn; 
de re:d5Ton kluwd hae9 maeskt him from mi nuw. 

jit him for dis mij luv no hwit disdaeineO; 

suns ov de world maei staein, hwen he(:)vnz sun 

staeine9. 



16 Sonnets LV. LXXIII. 

Sonnet LV. 

Not marble, nor the guilded monuments^ 
Of Princes Ihall out-liue this powrefull rime, 
But you Ihall fhine more bright in thele contents 
Then vnfwept Itone, befmeer'd with Iluttifh time. 
5 When waftefull warre fhall Statues ouer-turne, 
And broiles roote out the worke of mafonry, 
'^ovMars his fword, nor warres quick fire fhall burne^ 
The lining record of your memory. 
Gainft death, and all obliuious enmity^ 
10 Shall you pace forth, your praife fhall ftil finderoome, 
Euen in the eyes of all pofterity 
That weare this world out to the ending doome. 
So til the iudgement that your felfe arife. 
You Hue in this, and dwell in louers eies. 



Sonnet LXXIII. 

That time of yeare* thou maift in me behold, 
When yellow leaues, or none, or few doe hange 
Vpon thofe boughes which fhake againft the could, 
Bare ruin'd^ quiers, where late the fweet birds fang, 
sin me thou feeft the twi-light of fuch day. 
As after Sun-fet fadeth in the Weft, 
Which by and by blacke night doth take away, 
Deaths fecond felfe that feals vp all in reft. 
In me thou feeft the glowing of fuch fire, 
10 That on the afhes of his youth doth lye, 

* monument,. ^ burne:. ^ emnity. * yeeare. ^ rnwd. 



Sonnets LV. LXXIII. 17 



Sonnet LV. 



not maerb,l, nor de gi(i)lded moniuments 
ov prinsez, Jael uwtliv dis puwrful rijm; 
but iu Jsel Jijn moir brijt in deiz kontents 
den unswept stoin bismeird wid slutij tijm. 
hwen wge(i)stful wger Jasl stgetiuz overturn, 
aend broilz ru:t uwt de wurk ov mseisonrij, 
nor maerz hiz sword nor wgerz kwik fijr Jael burn 
de livii] rekord ov iur memorij. 
gaeinst de(:)0 asnd ail-oblivius enmitij 
Jael iu paeis fur9; iur praeiz Jael stil fijnd ru:m 
iivn in de ijz ov ail posteritij 
daet weir dis world uwt tu de endiij duim. 
SOI, til de d^ud^ment dset iurself aerijz, 
iu liv in dis, aend dwel in luverz ijz. 



Sonnet LXXIII. 

daet tijm ov jeir duw mseist in mii bihould 

hwen jeloi leivz, or noin, or feu, du haeg 

upon doiz buwz hwitj Jaeik aegaeinst de kould, 

baeir riuind kwijrz, hweir laeit de swiit birdz saei). 

in mil duw siist de twijiijt ov sutj daei 5 

aez aefter sunset faeidee in de west, 

hwitJ bij aend bij blaek nijt due tae;k aewaei, 

de(i)es sekond self, cast se:lz up a:l in rest. 

in mil duw siist de gloiir) ov sutJ fijr 

daet on de aejez ov hiz jiuO due lij, 10 



Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. II. 



18 Sonnets CIV. CXVI. 

As the death bed, whereon it muft expire, 
Conlum'd with that which it was nurrifht by. 

This thou perceiu'ft,' which makes thy loue 

more ftrong, 

To loue that well, which thou muft leaue ere long. 



Sonnet CIV. 

To me faire friend you neuer can be old, 
For as you were when firft your eye I eyde, 
Such feemes your beautie ftill : Three Winters colde, 
Haue from the forrefts fhooke three fummers pride, 
5 Three beautious springs to yellow Autumne turn'd, 
In proceffe of the feafons haue I feene. 
Three Aprill perfumes in three hot lunes burn'd, 
Since firft I faw you frefh which yet are greene. 
Ah yet doth beauty like a Dyall hand, 
loSteale from his figure, and no pace perceiu'd. 
So your fweete hew, which me thinkes ftill doth ftand,^ 
Hath motion, and mine eye may be deceaued. 
For feare of which, heare this thou age vnbred, 
Ere you were borne was beauties fummer dead. 



Sonnet CXVI. 

Let me not to the marriage of true mindes 
Admit impediments, loue is not loue 
Which alters when it alteration findes. 
Or bends with the remouer to remoue. 

^ perceu'ft. "^ ftand (d imperfect). 



Sonnets CIV. CXVI. 19 

sez de de(:)e-bed hwe:ron it must ekspijr 
konsiumd wid daet hwitj it wsez nurijt bij. 

dis duw perseivst, hwitJ mseiks dij luv mo:r 

strog, 

tu luv daet wel hwitJ duw must leiv e:r loi). 



Sonnet CIV. 



tu mi:, faeir frend, iu never kaen bi ould, 

for sez iu weir hwen first iur ij ij ijd, 

sutj siimz iur beuti stil. 0ri: winterz kouid 

haev from de forests Juik 0rii sumerz prijd, 

0ri: beutius sprigz tu jelo: aitum turnd 5 

in proises ov de seiz,nz haev ij siin, 

eri: aeipril perfiumz in 0ri: hot d^iunz burnd, 

sins first ij sa: iu frej, hwitJ jit ser grim. 

aeh! jit du0 beuti, lijk se dijasl-haend, 

steil from hiz figiur, aend no paeis perseivd; 10 

so: iur swi:t hiu, hwitJ mi0ii)ks stil du0 staend, 

hae0 mo:sTon, send mijn ij msei bi deseivd: 

for fe:r ov hwitJ, he:r dis, duw aeid; unbred; 

e:r iu wer born waez beutiz sumer ded. 



Sonnet CXVI. 

let mi not tu de maeriaed; ov triu mijndz 
aedmit impediments, luv iz not lu(:)v 
hwitJ a:lterz hwen it a:lterae:sTon fijndz, 
or bendz wid de remu:ver tu remu:v 



20 Sonnet CXVI. From The Tempest. 

5O no, it is an euer fixed marke 
That lookes on tempelts and is neuer shaken; 
It is the Itar to euery wandring barke, 
Whole worths vnknowne, although his hight* be 

taken. 
Lou's not Times foole, though rolie Hps and cheeks 
10 Within his bending Tickles compaffe come, 
Loue alters not with his breefe houres and weekes, 
But beares it out euen to the edge of doome: 
If this be error and vpon me proued, 
I neuer writ, nor no man euer loued. 



From The Tempest. 

Act I. Scene ii. 
Ariel. Song. 

Come vnto thefe yellow fands, 

And then take hands: 
Curtfied when you haue, and kilt 
380 The wilde wanes whift: 

Foote it featly heere, and there, 
And Iweete Sprights the burthen beare. ^ 
Burthen difperfedly. 

Harke, harke, bowgh-wowgh : ^ 
The watch-Dogges barke, bowgh-wowgh. * 
Ar. 
385 Hark, hark, I heare, 

The Itraine of ftrutting Chanticlere 
Cry cockadidle-dowe. 

* higth. 2 beare the burthen. * bowgh wawgh. 

* -wawgh. 



Sonnet CXVI. From The Tempest. 21 

o:, noi! it iz sen ever-fiksed mgerk 5 

daet luiks on tempests send iz never Jseik^n; 

it iz de stser tu ev(e)ri wsendrir) bserk 

hwuiz wures unknoun aildou hiz hijt bi taeik,n. 

luvz not tijmz fu;l, dou roizi lips send tjiiks 
widin hiz bendii) sik,lz kumpses ku(:)m*, 10 

luv ailterz not wid hiz briif uwrz send wiiks/ 
but beirz it uwt i:vn tu de ed; ov duim. 
if dis bi eror send upon mi pruivd, 
ij never writ, nor no: msen ever lu(i)vd. 



From The Tempest. 

Act I. Scene ii. 
seiriel. soi).] 

kum untu deiz jelo: ssendz, 

send den tseik hsendz: 
kurtsid hwen iu hsev send kist 

de wijld wseivz hwist^ sso 

fuit it feitli heir send deir; 
aend, swiit sprijts, de burd,n beir. 
burd,n (dispersedli).] 

hserk, hserk! buw-wuw. 
de wsetj-dogz bserk: buw-wuw. 
seiriel.] 

hserk, haerk! ij heir 385 

de strsein ov strutii) tjsentikleir 
krij, kok-ae-did,l-duw. 



22 From The Tempest. 

Ariell. Song. 
895 Full fadom fiue thy Father lies, 

Of his bones are Corrall made: 
Thofe are pearles that were his eies, 

Nothing of him that doth fade, 
But doth fuffer a Sea-change 
400 Into fomething rich, and ftrange: 
Sea-Nimphs hourly ring his knell. 
Burthen. 

Ding-dong. * 
Ar.^ 

Harke now I heare them, ding-dong bell. 



Act IV. Scene i. 

Our Reuels now are ended: Thefe our actors, 
(As I foretold you) were all Spirits, and 

150 Are melted into Ayre, into thin Ayre, 

And like the bafeleffe fabricke of this vifion 
The Clowd-capt Towres, the gorgeous PallaceSy 
The folemne Temples, the great Globe it felfe. 
Yea, all which it inherit, Ihall diffolue, 

155 And like this inlubftantiall Pageant faded 
Leaue not a racke behinde : we are fuch ftuffe 
As dreames are made on; and our little life 
Is rounded with a fleepe. 



ding dong. ^ Not in F. 



From The Tempest. 23 

ae:riel. soi).] 

ful faedom fijv dij fgeder lijz; 395 

ov hiz boinz ger korael maeid; 
doiz 3er pe(i)rlz daet wer hiz ijz: 

noeii) ov him dget du6 fseid 
but due sufer se sei-tjgend^ 

intu sumeii) ritj send straend;. 400 

se:-nimfs uwrli rii) hiz knel: 
burd,n.] 

dig-doi). 
Leiriel.] 

hserk! nuw ij heir dem, — dii)-doi), bel. 



Act IV. Scene i. 

uwr revjlz nuw ger ended, deiz uwr aektorz, 

aez ij foirtould iu, wer ail spirits gend 

ger melted intu geir, intu ein aeir: 150 

gend, lijk de bgeisles fgebrik ov dis vizTon, 

de kluwd-kaept tuwrz, de gord5Tus pgelaesez, 

de solem temp,lz, de greit gloib itself, 

je:, ail hwitj it inherit, Jgel dizolv 

gend, lijk dis insubstgensTgel pged5ent faeided, 155 

leiv not ge rgek bihijnd. wi aeir sutj stuf 

aez dreimz ger maeid on, gend uwr lit,l lijf 

iz ruwnded wid ae sliip. 



24 From The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

Act V. Scene i. 
Artell fings. 

Where the Bee fucks, there fuck I, 
In a Cowflips bell, I lie, 
90 There I cowch when Owles doe crie, 
On the Batts backe I doe flie 
After Sommer merrily. 
Merrily, merrily, fhall I Hue now, 
Under the bloffom that hangs on the Bow, 



From The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

Act IV. Scene ii. 
Song. 
Who is Siluia;? what is fhe? 
40 That all our Swaines commend her? 

Holy, faire, and wife is fhe, 

The heauen fuch grace did lend her, 
That fhe might admired be. 

Is fhe kinde as fhe is faire? 
45 For beaut}^ Hues with kindneffe: 

Loue doth to her eyes repaire. 

To helpe him of his blindneffe: 
And being help'd, inhabits there. 

Then to Siluia, let vs Hng, 
60 That Siluia is excelHng; 

She excels each mortall thing 

Vpon the dull earth dwelling. 
To her let vs Garlands bring. 



From The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 25 

Act V. Scene i. 
seiriel sirjz.] 

hweir de bii suks, deir suk ij: 

in se kuwslips bel ij lij; 

deir ij kuwtj hwen uwlz du krij. 90 

on de bsets bask ij du flij 

aefter sumer merilij. 
merili, merili Jael ij liv nuw 
under de blosom daet hseijz on de buw. 



From The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 

Act IV. Scene ii. 
[soi].] 
hwu: iz silvige? hwaet iz Jii, 

daet ail uwr swaeinz komend her? 40 

hoili, fyeir^ aend wijz iz Ji:; 

de he(:)vn sutj graeis did lend her, 
daet Ji mijt aedmijred bii. 

iz Ji kijnd aez Ji iz faeir? 

for beuti Hvz wid kijndnes. 45 

luv due tu her ijz repaeir, 

tu help him ov hiz blijndnes, 
aend, biiii) helpt, inhaebits deir. 

den tu silviae let us sii), 

daet silviae iz ekselii); 50 

Ji: ekselz eitj mortael eii) 

upon de dul e(:)r0 dwelii) : 
tu her let us gaerlaendz brii). 



26 FrOxM The Merry Wives of Windsor. 

From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 

Act I. Scene i. 
Shallow. Sir Hugh, perlwade me not : I will 
make a Star-Chamber matter of it, if hee were twenty 
Sir lohn Falftaffs ,'^ he fhall not abufe Robert 
Shallow Efquire. 
5 Slen. In the County of Glocefter, lustice of 
Peace and Coram. 

Shal. I (Cofen Slender) and Cuft-alorum. 
Slen. I, and Rato lortitn too; and a Gentle- 
man borne (Mafter Parfon) who writes himselfe 
10 Armigero, in any Bill, Warrant, Quittance, or 
Obligation, Armigero. 

Shal. I that I doe, and haue done any time 
thefe three hundred yeeres. 

Slen. All his fucceffors (gone before him) 
15 hath don't: and all his Anceftors (that come after 
him) may: they may giue the dozen white Luces 
in their Coate. 

Shal. It is an olde Coate. 
Euans. The dozen white Lowfes doe become 
20 an old Coat well: it agrees well passant: It is a 
familiar beaft to man, and lignifies Loue. 

Shal. The Lufe is the frefh-fish, the falt-fifh, 
is an old Coate. 



Fal. Now, Mafter Shallow, you'll complaine 
of me to the King? 

Shal. Knight, you have beaten my men, kill'd 
115 my deere, and broke open my Lodge. 

Fal. But not kifs'd your Keepers daughter? 

1 Falftojfs. 



From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 27 

From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 
Act I. Scene i. 

Jaeloi.] sir hiu, perswaeid mi not : ij wil maeik ge 
stser-tjaember mgeter ov it: if hi wer twenti sir 
d5on failstgefs, hi Jsel not gebiuz robert Jselo:, 
eskwijr. 

slender.] in de kuwnti ov gloster, d5ustis ov 5 
peis gend koirgem. 

Jseloi.] ij, kuz,n slender, gend kustgeloirum. 

slender.] ij, gend rgeto-loirum tu: ; gend ge d5ent,l- 
mgen born, mgester pgerson; hwu: wrijts himself 
aermid5ero:, in geni bil, wgersent, kwitgens, or obli-10 
ggeisTon, germid^eroi. 

Jgelo;.] ij, dget ij dui; gend hasv dun aeni tijm 
deiz eri: hundred jeirz. 

slender.] ail hiz suksesorz goin bifoir him hae8 
dunt, gend ail hiz gensestorz dget kum gefter him 15 
mgei: dgei mgei giv de duz,n hwijt liusez in dgeir 
koit. 

/geloi.] it iz gen ould koit. 

evaenz.] de duz,n hwijt luwsez du bikum gen 
ould koit wel; it gegriiz wel, pgesgent; it iz ge2o 
faemilTger beist tu maen, gend signifijz luv. 

Jgeloi.] de lius iz de frej fij; de sailt fij iz aen 
ould koit. 



failstgef.] nuv^, maester /aeloi, iul komplaein ov 
mi tu de kii)? 

Jgeloi.] knijt, iu hgev beit,n mij men, kild mij 
deir, gend broik oip,n mij lod^. ns 

failstaef.] but not kist iur kiiperz daiter? 



28 From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 

Shal. Tut, a pin; this Ihall be anfwer'd. 
Fal. I will anfwere it Itrait, I haue done all this : 
That is now anfwer'd. 
120 Shal. The Councell fhall know this. 

Fal. 'Twere better for you if it were known 
in councell: you'll be laugh'd at. 

Em. Patica verba; (Sir lohn) good worts. 
Fal. Good worts? good Cabidge; Slender^ 
125 1 broke your head : what matter haue you againft me ?, 
Slen. Marry fir, I haue matter in my head 
againft you, and againft your cony-catching Rafcalls, 
Bardolf, Nym, and Piftoll. 
130 Bar. You Banbery Cheefe. 
Slen. I, it is no matter. 
Pift. How now, Mephostophihis? 
Slen. I, it is no matter. 

Nym. Slice, I fay ; patica^ pauca : Slice, that's 
135 my humor. 

Slen. Where's Simple my man? can you 
tell, Cofen? 

Eua. Peace, I pray you: now let vs vnder- 
i4oftand: there is three Vmpires in this matter, as I 
vnderftand; that is, Mafter Page (fidelicet Mafter 
Page) and there is my felfe, (fidelicet my felfe) 
and the three party is (laftly, and finally) mine Hoft 
of the Garter.^ 

Ma. Pa. We three to hear it, and end it be- 
i45tween them. 

Euan. Ferry goot,- I will make a priefe of it 
in my note-booke, and we wil afterwards orke vpon 
the caufe, with as great difcreetly as we can. 

^ Gater. ^ goo't. 



From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 29 

Jselo:.] tut, ge pin! dis Jsel bi senswerd. 

failstaef.J ij wil -ccnswer it strgeit; ij hgev dun 
ail dis. daet iz nuw genswerd. 

Jaeloi.] de kuwnsel Jael knoi dis. 120 

failstaef.J twer beter for iu if it wer knoun 
in kuwnsel : iul bi Igeft get. 

evgenz.] paikge verbge, sir d^on; gud worts. ^ 

failstgef.] gud worts ! ^ gud kgebid^. slender, ij 
broik iur lied: hwget mgeter hgev iu aeggeinst mil? 125 

slender.] mgeri, sir, ij hgev mgeter in mij bed 
geggeinst iu; gend aegaeinst iur kuni-kaetjii) rgeskgelz, 
baerdolf, nim, aend pistol. 

baerdolf.] iu bgenberi tjiiz! 130 

slender.] ij, it iz no mgeter. 

pistol.] huw nuw, mefostofilus ! 

slender.] ij, it iz no maeter. 

nim. slijs, ij sgei! paikae, paikge: slijs! dsets 
mij hiumor. 135 

slender.] hweirz simp,l, mij mgen? kgen iu 
tel, kuz,n? 

evaenz.] peis, ij praei iu. nuw let us under- 
stgend. der iz erii umpijrz in dis mgeter, gez ij uo 
understgend; dget iz, mgester pgeid;, fideliset mgester 
pgeid;; gend der iz mijself, fideliset mijself; aend 
de erii paerti iz, laestli aend fijnaeli, mijn hoist ov 
de gaerter. 

maester paeid^.] wii erii, tu heir it aend end it 
bitwiin dem. 145 

evaenz.] feri gut : ij wil maeik ae priif ov it in 
mij noit-buik ; aend wi wil aefterwaerdz urk upon 
de kaiz wid aez greit diskriitli gez wi kgen. 

* Or wurts. 



30 From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 

Act IV. Scene i. 

10 Mijt. Pag. How now Sir Hugh, no Schoole 
to day? 

Eua. No: Malter Slender is let the Boyes 
leaue to play. 

Qui. 'Bleffing of his heart. 
15 Mift. Pag. Sir Hugh, my husband faies my 
lonne profits nothing in the world at his Booke: 
I pray you aske him fome queftions in his Accidence. 

Eu. Come hither William; hold vp your 
head; come. 
20 Mift. Pag. Come -on Sirha; hold vp your 
head; anfwere your Mafter, be not afraid. 

Eua. William, how many Numbers is in 
Nownes ? 

Will. Two. 

Qui. Truely, I thought there had bin one 
25 Number more, becaufe they fay od's-Nownes. 

Etca. Peace, your tatlings. What is (Faire) 
William ? 

Will. Pulcher. 

Qu. Powlcats? there are fairer things then 
aoPowlcats, fure. 

Eua. You are a very fimplicity 'oman : ^ I pray 
you peace. What is (Lapis) William? 

Will. A Stone. 

Etta. And what is a Stone (William?) 
.35 Will. A Peeble. 

Etta. No; it is Lapis: I pray you remember 
in your praine. 

Will. Lapis. 

^ o'man. 



Act IV. Scene i. 

mistres paeid^.] huw nuw, sir hiu! no: skuilio 
tu-dgei ? 

evaenz.] no: ; mgester slender iz let de boiz leiv 
tu plaei. 

kwikli.] blesii) ov hiz hsert! 

mistres paeid;.] sir hiu, mij huzbsend sseiz mij 
sun profits no0ii) in de world aet his buik. ij prsei 15 
iu, aesk him sum kwestionz in hiz aeksidens. 

evgenz.] kum hider, wiligem; hould up iur 
hed; kum. 

mistres pae:d§.] kum on, sirse; hould up iur 20 
hed; senswer iur maester, bi: not aefraeid. 

evaenz.] wiliaem, huw maeni numberz iz in 
nuwnz ? 

wiliaem.] tu:. 

kwikli. triuli, ij Bout der haed bin o:n number 25 
mo:r, bika:z daei sasi, *'odz nuwnz." 

evaenz.j pe:s iur taetligz! hwaet iz "faeir," 
wiliaem ? 

wilTaem.] pulker. 

kwikli.] poulkaets! der aer faeirer eii)z daen 
poulkaets, siur. 30 

evaenz.] iu aer ae veri simplisiti umaen : ij praei 
iu, pe:s. hwaet iz "laepis," wilTaem? 

wiliaem.] ae sto:n. 

evaenz.] aend hwaet iz ae sto:n, wiliaem? 

wiiiaem.] ae pi;b,l. ss 

evaenz.] no:, it iz "laepis :" ij praei iu, remember 
in iur praein. 

wiliaem.] laepis. 



32 From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 

40 Eiia. That is a good William: what is he 
(William) that do's lend Articles. 

Will. Articles are borrowed of the Pronoune; 
and be thus declined. Singulariter nominatiuo 
hie, hcec, hoc. 
45 Eua. Nominatiuo hig , hag, hog: pray you 
marke : genitiuo huius : Well : what is your AccufOr 
tiuecafe? 

Will. Accufatiuo hinc. 

Eua. I pray you haue your remembrance 
(childe) Accufatiuo hing, hang, hog. 
50 Qu. Hang-hog, is latten for Bacon, I warrant 
you. 

Eu. Shew me now (William) fome declenfions 
of your Pronounes. 

Will. Forlooth, I haue forgot. 
80 Eu. It is Qui, que, quod; if you forget your 
Quies, your Ques, and your Quods, you muft be 
preeches: Goe your waies and play, go. 

M. Pag. He is a better fchoUer then I thought 
he was. 
85 Eu. He is a good Iprag-memory: Farewel 
Mis. Page. 

Mif. Page. Adieu good Sir Hugh: Get you 
home boy, Come we ftay too long. 



From The Merry Wives of Windsor. 33 

evaenz.] daet iz je gud wilTaem. hwget iz hi:, 
wilTcTem, dset duz lend eertik,lz? 40 

wilTgem.] sertik,lz ^r boroud ov de proinuwn, 
tend bi dus deklijnd, siijgiulaeiriter, nominsetijvo:, 
hik, hsek, ^ hok. 

evaenz.] nominaetijvo:, hig, hseg, hog : praei iu, 
maerk : d5enitijvo:, hiud5us. wel, hwaet iz iur aekiuzae- 45 
tiv kseis? 

wilTaem.] aekiuzaetijvoi, hii)k. 

evasnz.] ij praei iu, hseiv iur remembraens, tjijld ; 
aekiuzaetijvoi, hugg, haeijg, hog. 

kvvikli.] ''hsei]-hog" iz laet,n for baeik^n, ijso 
waeraent iu. 



evaenz.] Jo: mi nuw, wilTaem, sum deklensionz 
ov iur proinuwnz. 

wilTsem.] forsu:G, ij haev forgot. 

evaenz.] it iz kwij, kwe:, kw^od: if iu forget 
iur ''kwijz/' iur "kwe:z/' aend iur *'kwodz/' iuso 
must bi pri:tjez. go: iur waeiz, aend plaei; go:. 

mistres paeid;.] hi iz se beter skoler den ij 
eout hi waez. 

evaenz.] hi iz ae gud spraeg memori. f3e:rwel, ss 
mistres pae:d5. 

mistres pae:d5.] aediu, gud sir hiu. get iu 
ho:m, boi. kum, wi staei tu: loi]. 



1 Or he(::k; but cf. L 44. 

Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. 11. 



34 From Measure for Measure. 

From Measure for Measure. 
Act II. Scene ii. 

Ifab. Yet fhew fome pittie. 

100 Ang. I fhew it moft of all, when I fhow luftice *, 
For then I pittie thofe I doe not know^ 
Which a difmis'd offence, would after gaule 
And doe him right, that anfwering one foule wrong 
Liues not to act another. Be fatisfied*, 

105 Your Brother dies to morrow; be content. 

Ifab. So you muft be the firit that giues this 

fentence, 
And hee, that fuffers: Oh, it is excellent 
To haue a Giants ftrength: but it is tyrannous 
To vfe it like a Giant. 

Luc. That's well faid. 

110 Ifab. Could great men thunder 

As loue himself e do's, loue would neuer be quiet, 
For euery pelting petty Officer 
Would vfe his heauen for thunder; 
Nothing but thunder: MercifuU heauen, 

115 Thou rather with thy Iharpe and fulpherous bolt 
Splits the vn-wedgable and gnarled Oke, 
Then the soft Mertill: But man, proud man, 
Dreft in a little briefe authoritie, 
Moft ignorant of what he's moft affur'd, 

120 (His glafsie Effence) like an angry Ape 

Plaies fuch phantaftique tricks before high heauen, 
As makes the Angels weepe : who with our fpleenes, 
Would all themfelues laugh mortall. 



From Measure for Measure. 35 

From Measure for Measure. 
Act II. Scene ii. 

izaebelge.] jit Joi sum piti. 

aendgelo:.] ij Jo: it moist ov ail hwen ij Joi d5ustis ; loo 
for den ij piti doiz ij du not knoi, 
hwitj ge dismist ofens wuild sefter gail; 
aend dui him rijt daet, genswerii) oin fuwl wrog, 
livz not tu aekt aenuder. bii sgetisfijd; 
iur bruder dijz tu-moroi; bii kontent. 105 

izaebelcC.] so iu must bi de first daet givz dis 

sentens, 
send hii^ daet suferz. 01^ it iz ekselent 
tu hgeiv ae dzijgents strei)6; but it iz tirsenus 
tu iuz it lijk se d^ijgent. 

liusTo:.] dsets wel saeid. 

izaebelae.] kuild greit men 0under 110 

aez d^oiv himself duz, d^oiv wuild neir bi kwijet, 
for ev(e)ri peltii], peti ofiser 
wuild iuz hiz he(i)vn for Bunder; 
noeii) but eunder! mersiful he(:)vn, 
duw raeder wid dij Jaerp aend sulf(e)rus boult 115 

splits de unwed^aebjl aend gnaerled o:k 
den de soft mirt^l : but maen, pruwd maen, 
drest in ae lit^l briif aiGoriti, 
moist ignoraent of hwaet hiiz moist aesiurd, 
hiz glaesi esens, lijk aen aeggri aeip, 120 

plgeiz sutj faentaestik triks bifoir hij he(i)vn 
aez maeiks de aend^^lz wiip ; hwui, wid uwr spliinz, 
wuild ail demselvz laef mortael. 



36 From Measure for Measure. 

Act III. Scene I. 

If a. What faies my brother? 

da. Death is a fearefull thing, 

Ifa. And fhamed life, a hateful!. 

Cla. I, but to die, and go we know not where, 
To lie in cold obftruction, and to rot, 
120 This fenfible warme motion, to become 
A kneaded clod; And the delighted fpirit 
To bath in fierie floods, or to recide 
In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice, 
To be imprifon'd in the viewleffe windes 
125 And blowne with reftleffe violence round about 
The pendant world: or to be worfe then worft 
Of thofe, that lawleffe and incertaine thought. 
Imagine howling, 'tis too horrible. 
The wearieft, and moft loathed worldly life 
130 That Age, Ache, peniury,i ^nd imprifonment 
Can lay on nature, is a Paradife 
To what we feare of death. 



Act IV. Scene i. 
Song. 
Take, oh take thofe lips away, 

That fo fweetly were forfworne. 
And thofe eyes: the breake of day. 
Lights that do miflead the Morne, 
5 But my kiffes bring againe, bring againe. 
Scales of loue, but feal'd in vaine, feal'd in 

vaine. 



penury 



From Measure for Measure. 37 

Act III. Scene i. 

izaebelae.] hwget saeiz niij bruder? 

klaidio:.] de(:)e iz ge feirful eiij. 

izgebelae.] send Jae:med lijf cE haeitful. 

klaidio:.] ij\ but tu dij, send go: wi kno: not hweir; 
tu lij in kould obstruksTon send tu rot; 
dis sensib^ waerm moisTon tu bikum 120 

ge kne(:)ded klod; send de delijted spirit 
tu bseid in fijri fludz, or tu rezijd 
in erilii) reid^Ton ov eik-ribed ijs: 
tu bi impriz,nd in de viules wijndz, 
send bloun wid restles vij(o)lens ruwnd aebuwt 125 
de pendsent world*, or tu bi wurs den wurst 
ov doiz dget lailes gend insertgein ©out 
imged^in huwlii) : tiz tu: horib,l ! 
de weiriest gend mo:st lo:ded worldli lijf 
dget ge:d5, ge:tj, peniuri gend impriz,nment 130 

kgen Igei on nge:tiur iz ge pgergedijs 
tu hwget wi fe:r ov de(:)e. 



Act IV. Scene i. 
[soi].] 
taeik, 01, tge:k do:z lips gewgsi, 

dget so swi:tli wer forsworn; 
gend do:z ijz, de bre:k ov dsei, 
lijts dget du misle:d de morn: 
but mij kisez brig geggein, brig seggein; 
seilz ov luv, but se:ld in vgein, se:ld in 

vgein. 



38 From Much Ado about Nothing. 

From Much Ado about Nothing. 
Act II. Scene hi. 
Song. 
Sigh no more Ladies, ligh no more, 
65 Men were deceiuers euer, 

One foote in Sea, and one on fhore, 

To one thing conftant neuer, 
Then figh not fo, but let them goe, 
And be yoii bUthe and bonnie, 
70 Conuerting all your founds of woe, 
Into hey nony nony. 

Sing no more ditties, fing no moe, 

Of dumps fo dull and heauy. 
The fraud of men was ^ ever fo, 
75 Since fummer firft was leauy, 

Then figh not fo, &c. 



Act III. Scene i. 

Hero. O God of loue ! I know he doth deferue, 
As much as may be yeelded to a man. 
But Nature neuer fram'd a womans heart, 

50 Of prowder ftuffe then that of Beatrice: 

Difdaine and Scorne ride fparkling in her eyes, 
Mif-prizing what they looke on, and her wit 
Values it felfe fo highly, that to her 
All matter elfe feemes weake: fhe cannot loue, 

55 Nor take no fhape nor proiect of affection, 
Shee is fo felfe indeared. 

^ were F, was Q. 



From Much Ado about Nothing. 39 

From Much Ado about Nothing. 
Act II. Scene in. 

[SOI].] 

sij no moir, laeidiz, sij no mo:r, 

men wer deseiverz ever, 65 

o;n fuit in se: send oin on Joir, 

tu o:n eii) konstaent never: 
den sij not so:, but let dem goi, 

aend bi: iu blijd aend boni, 
konvgertir) a:l iur suwndz ov avo: 70 

intu haei noni, noni. 

siij no moir ditiz, sii] no mo:, 

ov dumps so dul aend heivi*, 
de fra:d ov men waez ever so:, 

sins sumer first waez le:vi: 75 

den sij not so:, &c. 



Act III. Scene i. 

he:ro:.] o: god ov luv! ij kno: hi duO dezerv 
aez mutj aez maei bi ji:lded tu ae maen: 
but n3e:tiur never frae:md ae wumaenz haert 
ov pruwder stuf den daet ov be:aetris; 50 

disdaein aend skorn rijd spaerklii) in her ijz, 
misprijzing hwaet daei lu:k on, aend her wit 
vaeliuz itself so hijli dast tu her 
ail maeter els si:mz we:k: Ji kaenot luv, 
nor tae;k no Jae:p nor prod^ekt ov gefeksion, 55 

Ji iz so self-indeird. 



40 From Much Ado about Nothing. 

Vrfula. Sure I thinke lo. 

And therefore certainely it were not good 
She knew his loue^ left fhe make fport at it. 

Hero. Why you fpeake truth, I neuer yet faw 

man, 

60 How wife, how noble, 5^ong, how rarely featur'd, 
But fhe would fpell him backward: if faire fac'd, 
She would fweare the gentleman fhould be her fifter : 
If blacke, why Nature drawing of an anticke, 
Made a foul blot: if tall, a launce ill headed: 

65 If low, an agot very vildlie cut: 
If fpeaking, wh}^ a vane blowne with all windes: 
If filent, why a blocke moued with none. 
So turnes fhe euery man the wrong fide out. 
And neuer giues to Truth and Vertue, that 

70 Which fimpleneffe and merit purchafeth. 



Act IV. Scene i. 

Bene. Lady Beatrice, haue you wept all this 
while ? 

Beat. Yea, and I will weepe a while longer. 

Bene, I will not defire that. 

2G0 Beat. You haue no reafon, I doe it freel)\ 

Bene. Surelie I do beleeue your fair cofin is 
wrong 'd. 

Beat. Ah, how much might the man deferue 
of mee that would right her! 

265 Bene. Is there any way to fhew f uch friend! hip V 

Beat, A verie euen wa}^, but no fuch friend. 

Bene. May a man doe it? 

Beat. It is a mans office, but not yours. 



From Much Ado about Nothing. 41 

ursiulse.] siur, ij eiijk so:; 

aend de;rfo:r serta;inli it wer not gud 
Ji kniu hiz luv, lest Ji maeik sport aet it. 

heiroi.] hwij, iu speik triuO. ij never jit sa: 

maen, 
huw wijz^ huw noibjl, juij, huw rgeirli feitiurd^ eo 
but ^i wuild spel him bsekwaerd: if faeir-fgeist, 
Jiild sweir de d^entjlmaen Juild bi her sister; 
if blaek, hwij, naeitiur, draiii] ov aen gentik, 
mgeid ae fuwl blot; if tail, ae laens il-heded; 
if loi, aen aeg-cct ^ veri vijldli kut ; es 

if speikii], hwij, ae vaein bloun wid ail wijndz; 
if sijlent, hwij ae blok muived wid noin. 
so turnz Ji ev(e)ri maen de wrog sijd uwt, 
aend never givz tu triuG aend vertiu daet 
hwitj simp,lnes aend merit purtJaeseO. 70 



Act IV. Scene i. 

benedik.] laeidi beiaetris, haev iu wept ail dis 
hwijl? 

beiaetris.] jei, aend ij wil wiip ae hwijl logger. 

benedik.] ij wil not dezijr daet. 

be:aetris.] iu haev no reiz^n; ij du: it friili. 260 

benedik.] siurli ij du biliiv iur fseir kuz,n iz 
wroijd. 

be.aetris.] aeh. huw mutj mijt de maen dezerv 
ov mi daet wuild rijt her! 

benedik.] iz der aeni waei tu Jo: sutj frendjip?265 

beiaetris.] as veri iiv.n Wcei, but no: sutJ frend. 

benedik.] maei ae maen du: it? 

beiaetris.] it iz ae m^enz ofis, but not iurz, 

^ Hardly segot. 



42 From Love's Labour's Lost. 

Bene. I doe loue nothing in the world fo well 
270 as you, is not that Itrange ? 

Beat. As ftrange as the thing I know not, 

it were as poffible for me to lay, I loued nothing 

fo well as you, but beleeue me not, and yet I lie 

275 not, I confeffe nothing, nor I deny nothing, I am 

ferry for my coufin. 

Bene. By my fword Beatrice thou lou'ft me. 

Beat. Doe not fwear by it and eat it. 

Bene. I will fweare by it that you loue mee, 
and I will make him eat it that fayes I loue not you. 
280 Beat. Will you not eat your word? 

Bene. With no fawce that can be deuifed to 
it, I proteft I loue thee. 

Beat. Why then God forgiue me. 

Bene. What offence fweet Beatrice? 
285 Beat. You haue ftayed me in a happy howre, 
I was about to proteft I loued you. 

Bene. And doe it with all thy heart. 

Beat. I [loue you with fo much of my heart, 
that none is left to proteft. 



From Love's Labour's Lost. 

Act II. Scene i. 
Another of thefe Students at that time, 
G5Was there with him, if^ I haue heard a truth. 
Berowne they call him, but a merrier man. 
Within the limit of becomming mirth, 
I neuer fpent an houres talke withall. 

^ as F, if Q. 



From Love's Labour's Lost. 43 

benedik.] ij du luv no0ii) in de world so wel 
aez iu: iz not dset strsend^? 270 

beigetris.j sez strsend^ 3ez de eii) ij knoi not, 
it wer asz posib,l for mi tu saei ij luvd noGii) so 
wel sez iu: but biliiv mi not; aend jit ij lij not; 
ij konfes noeii), nor ij denij no6ii]. ij sem sori275 
for mij kuz,n. 

benedik.] bij mij sword, beiaetris, duw luvst mii. 

beiastris.] du: not sweir bij it, send eit it. 

benedik.] ij wil sweir bij it daet iu luv mi:; 
aend ij wil mae:k him e:t it daet saeiz ij luv not iu. 

be:3etris.] wil iu not e:t iur word ? 280 

benedik.] wid no: sa:s daet kaen bi devijzd tu 
it. ij protest ij luv di:. 

be:aetris.] hwij den, god forgiv mi:! 

benedik.] hwset ofens, swi:t be:astris? 

be:aetris.] iu haev staeid mi in ae haepi uwr:285 
ij Avaez aebuwt tu protest ij luvd iu. 

benedik.] aend du: it wid a:l dij haert. 

be:aetris.] ij luv iu wid so mutj ov mij haert 
daet no:n iz left tu protest. 



From Love's Labour's Lost. 
Act IL Scene i. 
aenuder ov deiz stiudents aet daet tijm 
waez de:r wid him, if ij haev haerd -cE triu0. 
beruwn daei ka:l him; but ae merier maen, 
widin de limit ov bikumiij mir0, 
ij never spent aen uw.rz taik wida:l: 



44 From Love's Labour's Lost. 

His eye begets occafion for his wit, 
70 For euery obiect that the one doth catch, 
The other turnes to a mirth-mouing ieft, 
Which his faire tongue (conceits expofitor) 
Deliuers in fuch apt and gracious words, 
That aged eares pla)^ treuant at his tales, 
75 And yonger hearings are quite rauifhed. 
So fweet and voluble is his difcourle. 



Act IV. Scene hi. 

O WE haue made a Vow to ftudie. Lords, 

And in that vow we haue forlworne our Bookes: 

320 For when would you (my Leege) or you, or you ? 
In leaden contemplation haue found out 
Such fiery Numbers as the prompting eyes, 
Of beauties tutors haue inrich'd you with: 
Other flow Arts intirely keepe the braine: 

325 And therefore finding barraine practizers. 
Scarce fhew a harueft of their heauy toyle. 
But Loue firft learned in a Ladies eyes, 
Lines not alone emured in the braine: 
But with the motion of all elements, 

ssoCourfes as fwift as thought in euer)^ power, 
And giues to euer)^ power a double power, 
Aboue their functions and their offices. 
It addes a precious feeing to the eye: 
A Louers eyes will gaze an Eagle blinde, 

335 A Louers eare will heare the loweft found 
When the fufpicious head of theft is ftopt. 
Loues feeling is more foft and fenfible. 
Then are the tender homes of Cockled Snavles. 



From Love's Labour's Lost. 45 

hiz ij bigets okseizion for hiz wit; 

for ev(e)ri obdz,ekt dset de o:n du0 ksetj lo 

de uder turnz tu ae mirO-muivii) d^est, 

hwitj hiz fgeir tug, konsaeits ekspozitor, 

deliverz in sutj gept gend graeisTus wordz 

dget 3e:d;ed eirz plaei triuaent set hiz tasilz 

aend jugger heirigz oer kwijt rsevijed; 75 

so swiit send voHub.l iz hiz diskuirs. 



Act IV. Scene hi. 

oi, wi hsev mseid ae vuw tu studi, lordz, 

send in dset vuw wi hsev forsworn uwr buiks. 

for hwen wuild iu, mij Hid;, or iu, or iu, ^"^ 

in le(:)d,n kontemplseisTon hsev fuwnd uwt 

sutJ fijri numberz aez de promptii) ijz 

ov beutiz tiutorz hsev inritjt iu wi6 ? 

uder slo: serts intijrli kiip de braein; 

send de:rfo:r, fijndirj baersein prsektiserz, 325 

skaers Jo: ae haervest ov daeir he(:)vi toil: 

but luv, first lerned in ae laeidiz ijz, 

Uvz not aeloin imiured in de braein; 

but, wid de moisTon ov ail elements, 

kuirsez aez swift aez Gout in ev(e)ri puwr, 330 

send givz tu ev(e)ri puwr ae dub,l puwr, 

aebuv daeir furjksionz aend daeir ofisez. 

it sedz ae presius siiii) tu de ij; 

ae luverz ijz wil gae:z sen e:g,l blijnd; 

se luverz eir wil he:r de loiest suwnd, 335 

hwen de suspisTus hed ov 6 eft iz stopt: 

luvz fiilirj iz moir soft send sensib,l 

den ser de tender hornz ov kokled snaeilz; 



46 From Love's Labour's Lost. 

Loues tongue proues daint)^, Backus groffe in tafte, 
340 For Valour, is not Loue a Hercules? 
Still climing trees in the Hef per ides. 
Subtill as Sphinx, as fweet and muficall, 
As bright Apollo's Lute^ Itrung with his haire. 
And when Loue fpeakes, the voyce of all the Gods? 
345 Make heauen drowfie with the harmonie. 
Neuer durft Poet touch a pen to write, 
Vntill his Inke were tempred with Loues fighes: 
O then his lines would rauifh lauage eares, 
And plant in T)^rants milde humilitie. 
350 From womens ej^es this doctrine I deriue. 
They Iparcle Itill the right promethean fire, 
They are the Bookes, the Arts, the Achademes, 
That fhew, containe, and nourifh all the world. 
Elfe none at all in aught proues excellent. 



Act V. Scene ii. 
Spring. ^ 

When Dafies pied, and Violets blew, 
905 And Ladie-Imockes all filuer white: 

And Cuckow-buds of yellow hew. 

Do paint the Medowes with delight .-^ 

The Cuckow then on euerie tree, 

Mockes married men, for thus lings he, 
910 Cuckow. 

Cuckow, Cuckow: O word of feare, 

Vnpleafing to a married eare. 

1 Not in F. 2 ]^i 904 to 907 arranged 904, 

906, 905, 907. 



From Love's Labour's Lost. 47 

luvz tug pruivz daeinti bgekus grois in taeist: 

for vaelor, iz not luv ge herkiuleiz, 340 

stil klijmii] triiz in de hesperideiz? 

subtil gez sfiijks; gez swiit send miuzikael 

3ez brijt gepoloiz liut^ strui) wid hiz haeir: 

send hwen luv speiks, de vois ov ail de godz 

mgeik he(:)v,n druwzi wid de hsermoni. 345 

never durst poiet tutj se pen tu wrijt 

until hiz ii)k wer tempred wid luvz sijz; 

or, den hiz lijnz wuild rgevij Scevaed5 eirz 

send plsent in tijrsents mijld hiumiliti. 

from wimenz ijz dis doktrin ij derijv: 350 

dgei spaerk,! stil de rijt promeiGigen fijr; 

dsei ger de buiks, de serts, de aekaedeimz, 

dset Jo:, kontaein aend nurij ail de world: 

els noin aet ail in ait pruivz ekselent. 



Act V. Scene ii. 
[sprii).] 

hwen daeiziz pijd aend vij(o)lets bliu 

aend laeidi-smoks ail silver hwijt 905 

aend kukuw-budz ov jeloi hiu 

du paeint de medouz wid delijt^ 
de kukuw den, on ev(e)ri trii, 
moks maerid men-, for dus sigz hii^ 

kukuw; 910 

kukuw^ kukuw: 01 word ov feir, 



unpleizii) tu ae maerid eir! 



48 From Love's Labour's Lost. 

When Shepheards pipe on Oaten Itrawes, 

And merrie Larkes are Ploughmens clockes: 
915 When Turtles tread, and Rookes and Dawes, 

And Maidens bleach their fummer fmockes: 
The Cuckow then on euerie tree 
Mockes married men; for thus fings he, 
Cuckow. 
920 Cuckow, Cuckow: O word of feare, 
Vnpleafing to a married eare. 

Winter. 
When Ificles hang by the wall, 

And Dicke the Shepheard ^ blowes his naile; 
And Tom beares Logges into the hall, 
925 And Milke comes frozen home in paile: 
When blood is nipt, and waies be fowle, 
Then nightly fings the ftaring Owle, 

Tu-whit. - 
Tu-whit to-who: A merrie note, 
930 While greafie lone doth keele the pot. 

When all aloud the winde doth blow, 

And coffing drownes the Parfons faw: 
And birds fit brooding in the fnow. 

And Marrians nofe lookes red and raw: 
When roafted Crabs hiffe in the bowle, 
Then nightly fings the ftaring Owle, 

Tu-whit. 2 
Tu whit to-who: A merrie note, 
While greafie lone doth keele the pot. 



Sphepheard. ^ jsfot in QF. 



From Love's Labour's Lost. 49 

hwen /epherdz pijp on o:t,n straiz 

send meri l^erks ger pluwmenz kicks, 

hwen turt,lz tre(:)d, asnd ruiks, ^nd da:z, 915 
cend mgeid^nz bleitj daeir sumer smoks, 

de kukuw den, on ev(e)ri trii, 

moks maerid men; for dus sigz hi:, 
kukuw ; 

kukuw, kukuw: o: word ov feir, 920 

unpleizii] tu as maerid eir! 

[winter.] 
hwen ijsik,lz haei] bij de wail 

aend dik de Jepherd blouz hiz naeil 
aend torn beirz logz intu de hail 

aend milk kumz fro:z,n hoim in paeil, 925 

hwen blud iz nipt aend waeiz bi fuwl, 
den nijtli sii)z de staeirii) uwl, 

tiu-hwit ; 
tiu-hwit, tu-hwu:, ae meri noit, 
hwijl greisi d^oin du0 kiil de pot. 930 

hwen a:l aeluwd de wijnd du0 bio: 

aend kofig druwnz de paersonz sa: 
aend birdz sit bruidii) in de sno: 

aend maeriaenz noiz luiks red aend ra:, 
hwen roisted kraebz his in de boul, 
den nijtli sii)z de staeirii) uwl, 

tiu-hwit ; 
tiu-hwit, tu-hwu:, ae meri noit, 
hwijl greisi d5o:n due ki:l de pot. 



986 



Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. II. 



50 From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

From Act II. Scene i. 

Ob 

My gentle Pucke come hither; thou remembreft 
Since once I lat vpon a promontory, 

150 And heard a Meare-maide on a Dolphins backe, 
Vttering luch dulcet and harmonious breath, 
That the rude lea grew ciuill at her long, 
And certaine ftarres fhot madly from their Spheares, 
To heare the Sea-maids muficke. 

Pmc. I remember. 

155 Ob. That very time I law ^ (but thou couldit not) 

Flying betweene the cold Moone and the earth, 
Cupid all arm'd; a certaine aime he tooke 
At a faire Veftall, throned by the Welt, 
And loos' d his loue-Ihaft Imartly from his bow, 

160 As it fhould pierce a hundred thoufand hearts. 
But I might fee young Cupids iiQry fhaft 
Quencht in the chafte beames of the watry Moone ; 
And the imperiall Votreffe paffed on. 
In maiden meditation, fancy free. 

165 Yet markt I where the bolt of Cupid fell. 
It fell vpon a little wefterne flower; 
Before, mil ke- white; now purple with loues wound, 
And maidens call it, Loue in idleneffe. 
Fetch me that flower; the hearb I fhew'd thee 

once, 

170 The iuyce of it, on fleeping eye-lids laid, 
Will make or man or woman madly dote 

^ fay F, faw Q. 



From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 51 

From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

From Act II. Scene i. 

oberon.] 

mij d5ent,l puk, kum heder. duw remembrest 

sins Gins ij saet upon ae promontori, 

aend hserd ae me(:)rmaeid on ae dolfinz baek 150 

ut(e)rii) sutj dulset aend haermoinms bre(:)e 

daet de riud sei griu sivil aet her soi) 

aend sertaein staerz Jot maedli from daeir sfeirz, 

tu heir de sei-maeidz miuzik.^ 

puk.] ij remember. 

oberon.] daet veri tijm ij sa:, but duw kuildst not, 155 
flijing bitwiin de kould mum aend de e(:)r0, 
kiupid ail aermd: ae sertaein aeim hi tuik 
aet ae faeir vestael 0romed bij de west, 
aend luist hiz luv-Jaeft smaertli from hiz boi, 
aez it Juild peirs ae hundred euwzaend haerts; leo 

but ij mijt si: jui) kiupidz fijri Jaeft 
kwentjt in de tjas(i)st beimz ov de waet(e)ri mum, 
aend de impeirisel vo:t(ae)res passed on, 
in maeid,n meditaeisTon, faensi-frii. 
jit maerkt ij hweir de boult ov kiupid fel: les 

it fel upon ae Ht^l western fluwr, 
bifoir milk-hwijt, nuw purp,l wid luvz wuwnd, 
aend maeid,nz kail it luv-in-ijd,lnes. 
fetj mi daet fluwr; de herb ij Joud di oms: 

de d^ius ov it on sHipii) ij-Hdz laeid 170 

wil maeik or maen or wumaen maedli doit 



52 From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Vpon the next Hue creature that it fees. 
Fetch me this hearbe, and be thou heere againe^ 
Ere the Leuiathan can fwim a league. 
175 Pticke. He put a girdle round ^ about the earth, 
In forty minutes. ^ 



From Act II. Scene ii. 

Fairies Sing. 

You {potted Snakes with double tongue, 

10 Thorny Hedgehogges be not leene, 

Newts and blinde wormes do no wrong, 

Come not neere our Fairy Queene. 
Philomele with melodic, 
Sing in our^ Iweet Lullaby, 
15 Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby, 
Neuer harme, 
Nor Ipell, nor charme, 
Come our louely Lady nye. 
So good night with Lullaby. 
2. Fairy. 
20 Weauing Spiders come not heere. 

Hence you long leg'd Spinners, hence 
Beetles blacke approach not neere; 

Worme nor Snayle doe no offence. 
Philomele with melody, &c. 
1. Fairy. 
25 Hence away, now all is well; 
One aloofe, ftand Centinell. 



1 round om. F, round Q. ^ LI. 175, 176 printed as 

prose. ^ your Fj our Q. 



From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 53 

upon de nekst lijv kreitiur daet it siiz. 
fetj mi dis herb; gend bi: duw her segaein 
eir de levijaeesen kaen swim ge leig. 

puk.] ijl put se gird,l ruwnd aebuwt de e(:)r9 175 
in foirti miniuts 



From Act II. Scene ii. 
[fseiriz sii).] 
iu spoted snaeiks wid dub^l tui), 

eorni hed^hogz, bi: not si:n; 10 

niuts send blijnd-wurmz, dui no wrog, 

kum not neir uwr faeiri kwiin. 
filomel, wid melodij 
sii) in uwr swiit lulsebij; 
lulae, lulge, lulsebij, lulge, lulse, lulaebij: 15 
ne(:)ver hserm, 
nor spe] nor tjaerm, 
kum uwr luvlij laeidi nij; 
SOI, gud nijt, wid lulsebij. 
sekond fseiri.] 

weivii) spijderz, kum not heir; £a 

hens, iu log-legd spinerz, hens! 
biitjlz blsek, seproitj not neir; 

wurm nor snseil, du: no: ofens. 
filomel, wid melodij, &c. 
first faeiri.] 

hens, aewaei! nuw ail iz wel: 25 

o;n aelu:f staend sentinel. 



54 From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

From Act III. Scene i. 

115 Bot. Why do they run away? This is a 
knauery of them to make me afeard. 

Sn. O Bottom, thou art chang'd; What doe 
I fee on thee? 

Bot. What do you lee? You lee an Alle- 
120 head of your owne, do you? 

Pet. Bleffe thee Bottome , bleffe thee-, thou 
art tranllated. 

Bot. I fee their knauery; this is to make an 

i25affe of me, to fright me if they could; but I will 

not ftirre from this place, do what they can. I will 

walke vp and downe here, and I will ling that 

they fhall heare I am not afraid. 

The Woofell cocke, fo blacke of hew, 
With Orenge-tawny bill. 
180 The Throftle, with his note lo true, 

The Wren with ^ little quill. 

Tyta. What Angell wakes me from my 

flowry bed? 

Bot. 

The Finch, the Sparrow, and the Larke, 
The plainfong Cuckow gray; 
185 Whole note full many a man doth marke, 
And dares not anfwere, nay. 

For indeede, who would let his wit to fo foolilh 
a bird? Who would giue a bird the lye, though 
he cry Cuckow, neuer fo? 

1 and F, with Q. 



From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 55 

From Act III. Scene i. 

botom.] hwij du dgei run sewsei? dis iz gens 
knaeiveri ov dem tu maeik mi sefeird. 

snuwt.] o: botom, duw aert tjaend^d! hwast 
du ij si: on dii? 

botom.] hwget du iu sii? iu si: aen a£S-hed OV120 
iur oun, du: iu? 

pe:ter.] bles di: , botom ! bles di: ! duw aert 
traenslae:ted. 

botom.] ij si: daeir knae:veri: dis iz tu maeik 
aen aes ov mi:; tu frijt mi:, if daei ku:ld. but ij wili25 
not stur from dis plae:s, du: hwaet daei kaen : ij wil 
wa:k up aend duwn he:r, aend ij wil sii), daet daei 
Jael he:r ij aem not aefraeid. 

de wu:z,l kok so blaek ov hiu, 

wid orasnd5-ta:ni bil, 
de erostjl wid hiz no:t so triu, iso 

de wren wid lit,l kwil, — 

titae:niae.] hwaet aend^,! wae:ks mi from mi 

fluwri bed? 
botom.] 

de fintj, de spaero: aend de laerk, 

de plaein-soi) kukuw graei, 
hwu:z no:t ful maeni as maen du0 maerk, 135 
aend d2e:rz not aenswer naei; — 

for, indi:d, hwu: wuild set hiz wit tu so fu:lij ae 
bird? hwu: wu:ld giv ae bird de lij, dou hi krij 
"kukuw" never so:? 



56 From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

140 Tyta. I pray thee gentle mortall, ling againe^ 

Mine eare is much enamored of thy note; 
So is mine eye enthralled to thy fhape, 
And thy faire vertues force (perforce) doth moue me ^ 
On the firft view to fay, to Iweare I loue thee. 

145 Bot. Me-thinkes miftrelfe, you fhould haue 
little reafon for that: and yet to fay the truth, 
reafon and loue keepe little company together, 
now-adayes. The more the pittie, that fome honeft 
neighbours will not make them friends. Nay, I 

150 can gleeke vpon occafion. 

Tyta. Thou art as wife, as thou art beautifuU. 

Bot. Not f o neither : but if I had wit enoug h 
to get out of this wood, I haue enough to ferue 
mine owne turne. 

155 Tyta. Out of this wood, do not defire to goe, 

Thou fhalt remaine here, whether thou wilt or no. 
I am a fpirit of no common rate: 
The Summer ftill doth tend vpon my ftate, 
And I doe loue thee; therefore goe with me, 

160 He giue thee Fairies to attend on thee; 

And they fhall fetch thee lewels from the deepe. 
And fing, while thou on preffed flowers doft fleepe : 
And I will purge thy mortall groffeneffe fo. 
That thou {halt like an airie fpirit go. 

lesPeafe-bloffome, Cobweb, Moth, and Muftard-feede!^ 



"^ LI. 142, 143, \\\ arranged as 144, 142, 143. 
2 The following stage direction takes the place of I. 165: 
Enter Peafe bloffome , Cobweb , Moth, Muftard-feede, 
and four e Fairies. 



From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 57 

titaeiniae.] ij praei di:, d5ent,l mortgel, sii) gegsein : i40 
mijn e:r iz mutj ensemord ov dij noit; 
SOI iz mijn ij enGrailed tu dij Jasip; 
send dij faeir vertiuz fors perfors du9 muiv mi: 
on de first viu tu saei, tu sweir, ij luv dii. 

botom.] mieii]ks, mistres, iu Juild hgev lit,l reiz^n us 
for daet: aend jit, tu saei de triue, reiz,n aend luv 
kiip litjl kumpaeni tugeder nuw-ae-daeiz ; de moir 
de piti daet sum onest neiborz wil not maeik dem 
frendz. naei, ij kaen gliik upon okaeizTon. iso 

titaeiniae.] duw aert aez wijz aez duw asrt beutiful. 

botom.] not soi, neider: but if ij hsed wit 
inuf tu get uwt ov dis wud, ij haev inuf tu serv 
mijn oun turn. 

titaeiniae.] uwt ov dis wud dui not dezijr tu goi : 155 
duw Jaelt remaein heir, hweder^ duw wilt or noi. 
ij aem ae spirit ov no komon raeit: 
de sumer stil due tend upon mij staeit; 
send ij du luv dii: deirfoir, goi wid mii; 
ijl giv di faeiriz tu aetend on dii, ico 

send daei Jael fetj di d5iuelz from de diip, 
send sii) hwijl duw on presed fluwrz dust sliip: 
send ij wil purd; dij mortael groisnes soi 
daet duw Jaelt lijk sen aeiri spirit goi. 
peizblosom ! kobweb ! moG ! aend mustaerdsiid ! ig5 

^ Or hweir. 



58 From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Peaf. Ready. 

Cob. And I. 

Moth. And I. 

Muf. And I. 

Alh Where fhall we go?i 

Tita. Be kinde and curteous to this Gentleman^ 
Hop in his walkes^ and gambole in his eies, 
Feede him with Apricocks, and Dewberries, 
170 With purple Grapes, greene Figs, and Mulberries, 
The honie-bags fteale from the humble Bees, 
And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighes. 
And light them at the fierie^ Glow-wormes eyes. 
To haue my loue to bed, and to arile: 
175 And plucke the wings from painted Butterflies, 
To fan the Moone-beames from his Ileeping eies. 
Nod to him Elues, and doe him curtefies. 

/. Fai. Haile mortall, haile. 
180 2. Fai. Haile. 

3. Fai. Haile. 



From Act V. Scene i. 

Hip. 'Tis ftrange my Tkejeiis, that thefe louers 

fpeake of. 
The. More ftrange then true. I neuer may 

beleeue 
Thefe anticke fables, nor thefe Fairy toyes, 
Louers and mad men haue fuch feething braines, 
5 Such fhaping phantafies, that apprehend 

^ LI. 166 to 170 printed as one line, as follows: 
Fai. Ready; and I, and I, and I. Where fhall we go? 
^ fierie-. 



From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 59 



peizblosom.] 


redi. 














kobweb.] 


send 


ij- 












moe.] 




send 


ij. 










mustserdsiid.] 






send ij. 










ail.] 






hweir 


M 


wi 


go: 


:? 



titaeimae.] bi kijnd asnd kurteus tu dis d^ent^lmgen ; 
hop in hiz waiks aend ggembol in hiz ijz; 
fiid him wid geiprikoks aend deuberiz, 
wid purpjl grgeips, grim figz, send mulberiz; no 

de huni-bsegz steil from de humb,l-biiz, 
send for nijt-tseiperz krop dseir wseks^n 0ijz 
send lijt dem set de fijri gloi-wurmz ijz, 
tu hse(i)v mij luv tu bed send tu serijz; 
send pluk de wii]z from pseinted buterflijz 175 

tu fsen de muinbeimz from hiz sliipir) ijz: 
nod tu him, elvz, send du: him kurtesijz. 

first fseiri.] hseil, mortsel, hseil ! 

sekond faeiri.] hseil! iso 

Gird fseiri.l hseil! 



From Act V. Scene i. 

hipolitse.] tiz strsend;, mij eeizeus, dset deiz 

luverz speik ov. 
eeizeus.] moir strsend; den triu : ij ne(i)ver msei 

biliiv 
de:z aentik fseibjlz, nor deiz faeiri toiz. 
luverz aend maedmen haev sutj siidii) brseinz, 
sutj Jseipii) faentsesiz, dset seprehend 



60 From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

More then coole realon euer comprehends. ^ 

The Lunaticke, the Louer, and the Poet, 

Are of imagination all compact. 

One fees more diuels then vafte hell can hold; 
10 That is the mad man. The Louer, all as franticke, 

Sees Helens beauty in a brow of Eglpt. 

The Poets eye in a fine frenzy rolling, 

Doth glance from heauen to earth, from earth to 

heauen. ^ 

And as imagination bodies forth 
15 The forms of things vnknowne; the Poets pen 

Turnes them to fhapes, and giues to airy^ nothing^ 

A locall habitation, and a name. 

Such tricks hath f trong imagination, * 

That if it would but apprehend fome ioy, 
2 It comprehends fome bringer of that ioy. 

Or in the night, imagining fome feare, 

How eafie is a bufh fuppos'd a Beare? 

Hip. But all the ftorie of the night told ouer, 

And all their minds transfigured fo together, 
25 More witneffeth than fancies images. 

And growes to fomething of great conftancie; 

But howfoeuer, ftrange^ and admirable. 



^ L. 5 ends with more. ^ ^ ^2 ends with glance. 
^ aire. ^ LI. li to 18 printed as four, ending with 

things . . . fhapes . . . habitation . . . imagination. 



From A Midsummer Night's Dream. 61 

moir den ku:l re:z,n ever komprehendz. 

de liunaetik, de luver aend de poiet 

aer ov imaed^inaeisTon a:l kompsekt. 

o:n siiz moir diivilz^ den vaest hel kaen hould, 

daet iz, de masdmsen: de luver^ ail gez frasntik, lo 

si:z helenz beuti in as bruw ov e:d5ipt: 

de poiets ij, in ae fijn frenzi roulii), 

due glaens from he(:)vn tu e(:)re, from e(i)re tu 

he(:)vn ; 
aend gez imasd^inasisTon bodiz furO 
de fo(:)rms ov eii]z unknoun, de poiets pen 15 

turnz dem tu Jaeips aend givz tu aeiri no0ii) 
ae loikael haebitaeision aend ae naeim. 
sutj triks haee strog imasd5inaeision, 
daet, if it wuild but aeprehend sum d^oi, 
it komprehendz sum briijger ov daetd^oi; 20 

or in de nijt, imaed^inii) sum feir, 
huw eizi iz se buj supoizd ae beir! 

hipolit^.] but ail de stoiri ov de nijt tould o(:)ver, 
aend ail daeir mijndz traensfigiurd so: tugeder, 
moir witnesee daen faensiz imaed^ez 25 

aend grouz tu sumeii) ov greit konstaensi; 
but, huwsoever, straend; aend aedmirseb,!. 



1 Or di:v,lz. 



62 From The Merchant of Venice. 

From The Merchant of Venice. 

From Act III. Scene n. 

A Song. 

Tell me where is fancie bred, 
Or in the heart, or in the head: 
65 How begot, how nourilhed. 

RepHe, replie. 
It is engendred in the eyes, 
With gazing fed, and Fancie dies, 
In the cradle where it hes: 
70 Let vs all ring Fancies knell. 

He begin it. Ding, dong, bell. 
All. Ding, dong, bell. 



From Act IV. Scene i. 

The quality of mercj^ is not ftrain'd, 
185 It droppeth as the gentle raine from heauen 
Vpon the place beneath. It is twice bleft, 
It bleffeth him that giues, and him that takes, 
'Tis mightieft in the mightieft, it becomes 
The throned Monarch better then his Crowne. 
190 His Scepter Ihewes the force of temporall power, 
The attribute to awe and Maieftie, 
Wherein doth fit this dread and feare of Kings: 
But mercy is aboue this fceptred fway, 
It is enthroned in the hearts of Kings, 
195 It is an attribute to God himfelfe; 

And earthly power doth then fhew likeft Gods 



From The Merchant of Venice. 63 

From The Merchant of Venice. 
From Act III. Scene n. 
[ae SOI).] 
tel mi: hweir iz fgensi bred, 
or in de hsert or in de hed? 
huw bigot, huw nurijed? 65 

replij, replij. 
it iz end^endred in de ijz, 
wid gasizii) fed; aend faensi dijz 
in de krae:d,l hweir it lijz. 

let us ail rii) fgensiz knel: 70 

ijl bigin it,— dig, doi], bel. 
ail.] dii), doi), bel. 



From Act IV. Scene i. 
de kwaeliti ov mersi iz not straeind, 
it dropee asz de d;ent,l raein from he(:)vn iss 

upon de" plaeis bineith: it iz twijs blest; 
it blesee him daet givz ^nd him d^et taeiks: 
tiz mijtiest in de mijtiest: it bikumz 
de eroined monaerk beter den hiz kruwn; 
hiz septer Jouz de fors ov temporgel puwr, 190 

de aetribiut tu a: aend maed5esti, 
hweirin due sit de dre(:)d send feir ov kigz; 
but mersi iz aebuv dis septred swsei; 
it iz enOromed in de hasrts ov kiijz, 
it iz aen aetribiut tu god himself; 195 

aend e(:)reli puwr due den Jo: lijkest godz 



64 From The Merchant of Venice. 

When mercie leafons luftice. Therefore lew, 
Though Justice be thy plea, conlider this, 
That in the courfe of lustice, none of vs 
200 Should fee faluation: we do pray for mercie, 
And that fame prayer, doth teach vs all to render 
The deeds of mercie 



From Act V. Scene i. 

Lor. The moone fhines bright. In fuch a night 

as this, 
When the fweet winde did gently kiffe the trees. 
And they did make no noyfe, ^ in fuch a night 
Troylus me thinkes mounted the Troian walls, 
5 And figh'd his foule toward the Grecian tents 
Where Creffed^ lay that night. 

lef. In fuch a night 

Did Thisbie fearefully ore-trip the dewe, 
And faw the Lyons fhadow ere himfelfe. 
And ranne difmayed away. 

Lor en. In fuch a night 

10 Stood Dido with a Willow in her hand 
Vpon the wilde fea bankes, and waft her Loue 
To come againe to Carthage. 

lef. In fuch a night 

Medea gathered the inchanted hearbs 
That did renew old Efon. 

Loren. In fuch a night 

15 Did leffica fteale from the wealthy lewe, 
And with an Vnthrift Loue did runne from Venice, 
As farre as Belmont. 

^ nnyfe (misprint). ^ Sic. 



From The Merchant of Venice. 65, 

hwen mersi se:z,nz d^ustis. deirfoir, diz,m^ 

dou d5ustis bi: dij pie:, konsider dis, 

dset, in de kuirs ov d^ustis, no:n ov us 

Juild si: sgelvaeisTon : wi du prasi for mersi; 200 

aend daet ScE:m praeir due te:tj us a:l tu render 

de di:dz ov mersi. 



From Act V. Scene i. 

lorenzo:.] de mu:n Jijnz brijt : in sutj se nijt 

sez dis, 
hwen de swi:t wijnd did d;entli kis de tri:z 
aend d«i did mae:k no noiz, in sutJ se nijt 
troilus mieiijks muwnted de tro:d5aen wa:lz 
aend sijd hiz soul towaerd de gre:sTaen tents, 5 

hwe:r kresid laei daet nijt. 

d5esikae.] in sutJ ^ nijt 

did eizbe fe:rfuli o:rtrip de deu 
aend sa: de lijonz Jaedo: e:r himself 
aend raen dismaeid aewaei. 

lorenzo:.] in sutJ se nijt 

stu(:)d dijdo: wid ae wilo: in her haend 10 

upon de wijld se: baei)ks ^nd waeft her luv 
tu kum aegaein tu kaerGaed^. 

d5esikae.] in sutJ se nijt 

mede:ae gsedred de intjaented herbz 
daet did reniu ould e:zon. 

lorenzo:.] in sutJ ae nijt 

did d5esikae steil from de welei d^iu 15 

aend wid aen un0rift luv did run from venis 
aez faer aez belmont. 

Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. 11. P> 



66 From The Merchant of Venice. 

lef. In luch a night 

Did young Loren.^o Iweare he lou'd her well^ 
Stealing her foule with many vowes of faith, 
20 And nere a true one. 

Lor en. In luch a night 

Did pretty leffica (hke a little fhrow) 
Slander her Loue,. and he forgaue it her. 

leffi. I would out-night you did no body come : 
But harke, I heare the footing of a man. 

Loren 

How fweet the moone-light Ileepes vpon this banke, 

BsHeere will we fit, and let the founds of muficke 
Creepe in our eares, loft ftilnes and^ the night 
Become the tutches of fweet harmonie: 
Sit leffica, looke how the floore of heauen 
Is thicke inlayed with pattens of bright gold, 

60 There's not the fmalleft orbe which thou beholdft 
But in his motion like an Angell lings, 
Still quiring to the young e5''ed Cherubins; 
Such harmonie is in immortall foules, 
But whilft this muddy vefture of decay 

65 Doth grofly clofe it in, ^ we cannot heare it : 
Come hoe, and wake Diana with a hymne. 
With fweeteft tutches pearce your Miltrelfe eare. 
And draw her home with muficke. 

leffi. I am neuer merry when I heare fweet 

mufique. 

70 Lor. The reafon is, your fpirits are attentiue : 
For doe but note a wilde and wanton heard 
Or race of youthful and vnhandled colts, 
Fetching mad bounds, bellowing and neighing loud, 

^ e. f. ftilnes, and F, as above Q. - in it. 



From The Merchant of Venice. 67 

dzesikse.] in sutj se nijt 

did jui] lorenzo: sweir hi luvd her wel, 
steiHi) her soul wid maeni vuwz ov feiO 
aend ne:r ae triu o:n. 20 

lorenzo:.] in sutf as nijt 

did priti^ d^esikse, lijk se lit,l Jro:^ 
sl^ender her luv, aend hi: forgseiv it her. 

d5esikae.] ij wuild uwt-nijt iu^ did no bodi kum ; 
but, haerk, ij heir de fuitii] ov ae maen. 

lorenzo:.] 

huw swi:t de mu:nlijt sli:ps upon dis b;«i)k! 

heir wil wi sit aend let de suwndz ov miuzik 55 

kriip in uwr eirz: soft stilnes aend de nijt 

bikum de tutjez ov swiit haermoni. 

sit, di^esikas. luik huw de fluir ov he(i)vn 

iz eik inlaeid wid pEetenz ov brijt gould : 

derz not de smallest orb hwitj duw^ bihouldst eo 

but in hiz mo:sTon lijk aen aend;,l siijz, 

stil kwijrii) tu de jui]-ijd tjerubinz; 

sutJ haermoni iz in imortasl soulz; 

but hwijlst dis mudi vestiur ov dekaei 

duO gro:sli klo:z it in, w^i k-cenot he:r it. 65 

kum, hoi! aend W2e:k diaenas wid ae him: 

wid swi:test tutjez pe:rs iur mistres e:r 

send dra: her hoim wid miuzik. 

d5esikae.] ij (ae)m never meri hwen ij heir swi:t 

miuzik. 

lorenzo:.] de re:z,n iz, iur spirits aer astentiviTO 
for du: but no:t ae wijld aend waenton herd, 
or raeis ov jiu9ful aend unhaendled koults, 
fetjii) maed buwndz, beloii) aend neiii) luwd, 

1 Or preti. 



68 From As You Like It. 

Which is the hot condition of their bloud, 
75 If they but heare perchance a trumpet found^ 
Or any ayre of mulicke touch their eares, 
You Ihall perceiue them make a mutuall ftand^ 
Their fauage eyes turnM to a modelt gaze, 
By the Iweet power of mulicke : therefore the Poet 
80 Did faine that Orpheus drew trees, ftones, and floods : 
Since naught fo ftockifh, hard, and full of rage, 
But mulicke for the ^ time doth change his nature, 
The man that hath no mulicke in himfelfe, 
Nor is not moued with concord of fweet founds, 
^5 Is fit for treafons, ftratagems, and fpoyles. 
The motions of his Ipirit are dull as night, 
And his affections darke as Erobus, ^ 
Let no luch man be trufted 



From As You Like It. 
From Act II. Scene i. 
Duk. Sen. Now my Coe-mates, and brothers 

in exile: 
Hath not old cuftome made this life more fweete 
Then that of painted pompe ? Are not thefe woods 
More free from perill then the enuious Court? 
sHeere feele we but^ the penaltie of Adam, 
The feafons difference, as the Icie phange 
And churlifh chiding of the winters winde. 
Which when it bites and blowes vpon my body 
Euen till I fhrinke with cold^ I fmile, and fay 
10 This is no flattery: thefe are counfellors 

^ the om. F, the Q. ^ Sic F, Terebus Q. ^ not 



From As You Like It. 69 

hwitj iz de hot kondisTon ov daeir blud; 

if daei but heir pertjaens ae trumpet suwnd, 75 

or asni aeir ov miuzik tutj daeir eirz, 

iu Jael perseiv dem maeik ae miutmael staend, 

daeir saevaed; ijz turnd tu ae modest gae:z 

bij de swiit puwr ov miuzik: deirfoir de poiet 

did faein daet orfeus driu triiz, stoinz aend fludz; so 

sins nait so stokij, haerd, aend ful ov raeid;, 

but miuzik for de tijm du9 tjaend; hiz naeitiur. 

de maen daet hae9 no miuzik in himself, 

nor iz not muivd wid konkord ov swiit suv^ndz, 

iz fit for treiz,nZj straetaed;emz, ^nd spoilz; 85 

de moisTonz ov hiz spir(i)t ser dul aez nijt, 

aend hiz sefeksTonz daerk aez erebus: 

let no: sutj maen bi trusted 



From As You Like It. 
From Act II. Scene i. 
diuk seinTor.] nuw, mij koi-maeits aend bruderz 

in eksijl, 
haee not ould kustom maeid dis lijf moir sv^iit 
den daet ov paeinted pomp? aer not deiz wudz 
mo:r fri: from peril den de envTus kuirt? 
heir fill wi but de penaelti ov aedaem, 5 

de seiz,nz dif(e)renSj sez de ijsi faei) 
aend tjurlij tjijdii) ov de winterz wijnd, 
hwitJ, hwen it bijts aend blouz upon mij bodi, 
iivn til ij Jrigk wid kould, ij smijl aend saei 
"dis iz no flaet(e)ri: deiz aer kuwnselorz 10 



70 From As You Like It. 

That feelingly perlwade me what I am: 

Sweet are the vies of aduerlitie 

Which like the toad, ougly and venemous, 

Weares 5^et a precious lewell in his head: 
15 And this our life exempt from publike haunt, 

Findes tongues in trees, bookes in the running 

brookes. 

Sermons in Itones, and good in euery thing. 

I would not change it. ^ 

Amien. Happy is your Grace 

30 That can tranflate the Itubbornnelfe of fortune 

Into lo quiet and fo Iweet a Itile. 



Act II. Scene v. 
Song. 
Vnder the greene w^ood tree. 
Who loues to lye with mee. 
And turne his merrie Note, 
Vnto the fweet Birds throte: 
5 Come hither, come hither, come hither: 
Heere Ihall he fee 
No enemie, 
But Winter and rough Weather. 

40 W^ho doth ambition fhunne. 

And loues to liue i'th Sunne: 
Seeking the food he eates, 
And pleas 'd with what he gets: 
Come hither, come hither, come hither, 

45 Heere Ihall he fee, &c. 



^ I would not change it, . . . given to Amiens. 



From As You Like It. 71 

dset fi:lii]li persw^id mi hwgst ij aem." 

swiit ser de iusez ov asdversiti, 

hwitj, lijk de toid, ucjli gend venemus, 

weirz jit se presTus d^iuel in hiz hed; 

ccnd dis uwr lijf eksempt from publik haint 15 

fijndz tui]z in triiz^ buiks in de runii) bruiks, 

sermonz in stomz gend gud in ev(e)ri eii]. 
ij wuild not tjsend; it. 

aemienz.] hsepi iz iur grgeis, 

daet ksen traenslasit de stubornes ov fortiun 
intu so kwjjet gend so swiit ae stijl. 20 



Act II. Scene v. 

[SOI].] 

under de gri:nwud tri: 

hwui luvz tu lij wid mi:, 

aend turn hiz meri noit 

untu de swi:t birdz eroit, 
kum heder, kum heder, kum heder: 5 

heir Jael hi si: 

no enemi: 
but winter aend ruf weder. 

hwu: due aembisTon Jun 40 

aend luvz tu liv id sun, 
siikii) de fu:d hi eits 
aend pleizd wid hwset hi gets, 
kum heder, kum heder, kum heder, 

heir Jael hi sii, &€. 45 



72 From As You Like It. 



Act II. Scene vii. 



All the world's a Itage^ 

140 And all the men and women^ meerely Players; 
They haue their Exits and their Entrances, 
And one man in his time playes many parts, 
His Acts being feuen ages. At firit the Infant, 
Mewling, and puking in the Nurles armes: 

145 Then, the whining Schoole-boy with his Satchell 
And Ihining morning face, creeping like Inaile 
Vnwillingly to fchoole. And then the Louer, 
Sighing like Furnace, with a wofull ballad, 
Made to his Miftrelfe eye-brow. Then, a Soldier, 

150 Full of ftrange oaths, and bearded like the Pard, 
lelous in honor, fodaine, and quicke in quarrell. 
Seeking the bubble Reputation 
Euen in the Canons mouth : And then, the luftice, 
In faire round belly, with good Capon lin'd, 

155 With eyes leuere, and beard of formall cut, 
Full of w^ile fawes, and moderne inftances. 
And lo he playes his part. The lixt age Ihifts 
Into the leane and flipper'd Pantaloone, 
With Ipectacles on nofe, and pouch on fide, 

160 His youthfull hofe well fau'd, a w^orld too wide, 
For his fhrunke fhanke, and his bigge manly voice, 
Turning againe toward childifh trebble pipes. 
And whiftles in his found. Laft Scene of all, 
That ends this ftrange euentfuU hiftorie, 

165 Is fecond childifhneffe, and meere obliuion, 

Sans teeth, fans eyes, fans tafte, fans euery thing. 



From As You Like It. 73 



Act II. Scene vii. 



ail de vvorldz ge staeid^, 
gend ail de men send wimen meirli plasierz: 140 

daei haeiv dseir eksits aend dseir entrasnsez; 
aend oin maen in hiz tijm plgeiz maeni pgerts, 
hiz gskts bi:(i)i) sev, n ge:d5ez. get first de' infaent^ 
meulii) gend piukii) in de nursez germz. 
den— de hwijnii) skud-boi, wid hiz ScetJ,l 145 

gend Jijnii) mornii) fgeis, kriipii] lijk sngeil 
unwiliijli tu sku:l. gend den de luver, 
sijii) lijk furnges, wid ee woiful bgelaed 
mgeid tu hiz mistres ijbruw. den as souldier^ 
ful ov straend; ores aend berded lijk de pgerd, 150 

d;elus in onor, sudgein aend kwik in kwaerel^ 
siikii) de bub,l repiutaeision 
iivn in de kgenonz muw6. aend den de d5ustis, 
in fgeir ruwnd beli wid gud kge:p,n lijnd^ 
wid ijz seve:r aend berd ov formael kut, 155 

ful ov wijz sa:z aend modern instaensez; 
aend so: hi: plaeiz hiz psert. de sikst aeid^ Jifts 
intu de lein aend sliperd paentgelum, 
wid spektaekjlz on noiz aend puwtj on sijd, 
hiz jiueful hoiz, wel saeivd, ae world tu: wijd leo 

for hiz Jruijk Jseijk; aend hiz big maenli vois^ 
turnii) gegaein towaerd ^ tjijldij treb.l^ pijps 
aend hwist^lz in hiz suwnd. laest se:n ov a:l, 
daet ends dis straend; eventful histori, 
iz sekond tjijldijnes aend me:r oblivion^ les 

Saenz ti:6, saenz ijz, saenz taeist, saenz ev(e)ri 0ii). 



1 Or to:rd. 



74 From As You Like It. 

Song. 

Blow^ blow, thou winter winde, 
175 Thou art not lo vnkinde, 
As mans ingratitude: 
Thy tooth is not fo keene, 
Becaule thou art not feene, 

Although thy breath be rude. 
180 Heigh ho, ling heigh ho, vnto the greene holly, 
Molt frendlhip, is fayning ; molt Louing, meere folly : 
Then^ heigh ho, the holly, 
This life is moft iolly. 

Freize, freize, thou bitter skie 
185 That dolt not bight fo nigh 
As benefitts forgot: 
Though thou the waters Avarpe, 
Thy fting is not fo fharpe. 
As freind remembred not. 
190 Heigh ho, fing, &c. 



Act V. Scene hi. 

Song, 

It was a Louer, and his laffe, 

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, 
That o're the greene corne feild did paffe, 
20 In 2 fpring time, the onely pretty ring^ time, 
When Birds do fing, hey ding a ding, ding. 
Sweet Louers loue the fpring.* 



^ The. 2 Jq ^Yie. ^ rang. * Tke last stanza 
is printed as the second. 



From As You Like It. 75 

[SOI].] 

bloi, bloi, duw winter wijnd, 

duw sert not so unkijnd 175 

sez maenz ingraetitiud ; 

dij tu:6 iz not so kijn, 

bikaiz duw aert not siin, 
aildu dij bre(i)9 bi riud. 
haei-hoi! sig, hasi-hoi! untu de grim holi : iso 

moist frendjip iz fseinii)^ moist luvir) meir foli: 

den, haei-hoi, de holi! 

dis lijf iz moist d5oli. 

friiz, friiz, duw biter skij, 

daet dust not bijt so nij isS' 

aez benefits forgot: 
dou duw ce wgeterz wgerp, 
dij stii) iz not so Jserp 

sez frend remembred not. 
haei-hoi! sii], &c. 190 



Act V. Scene m. 
[sog.] 

it waez se luver send hiz laes, 

wid ae haei, fend ge hoi, send ae haei noninoi, 
daet oir de grim kornfiild did paes 

in sprirj tijm, de oinli preti rii) tijm, 20 

hwen birdz du sii), haei diij ae dii], dii) : 
swiit luverz luv de sprii]. 



76 From The Taming of the Shrew. 

Betweene the acres of the Rie, 

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino: 
25TheIe prettie Country folks would lie, 
In fpring time, &c. 

This Carroll they began that houre, 

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino: 
How that a life was but a Flower, 
80 In fpring time, &c. 

And therefore take the prefent time. 

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino. 

For loue is crowned with the prime. 
In fpring time, &c. 



From The Taming of the Shrew. 

Act IV. Scene i. 

160 Pet 

Come Kate fit downe, I know you haue a ftomacke, 
Will you giue thankes, fweete Kate, or elfe fhall I? 
What's this. Mutton? 
1. Ser. I. 

Pet. Who brought it? 

Peter. I. 

Pet. 'Tis burnt, and fo is all the meate: 
165 What dogges are thefe ? Where is the rafcall Cooke ? 
How durft you villaines bring it from the dreffer 
And ferue it thus to me that loue it not? 
There, take it to you, trenchers, cups, and all: 
You heedleffe iolt-heads, and vnmanner'd flaues. 
17 What, do you grumble? He be with you ftraight. 



From The Taming of the Shrew. 77 

bitwiin de aeikerz ov de rij, 

wid ae hsei, aend ae ho:, aend ae haei nonino:, 
deiz preti kuntri foiks wuild lij, 25 

in sprir) tijm, &c. 

dis kaerol daei bigaen d^t uwr, 

wid ae haei, aend ae hor, aend ae hgei nonino:, 
huw daet ee lijf waez but ae fluwr 

in sprii) tijm, &c. so 

aend deirfoir tcE:k de prezent tijm, 

wid ae hasi, aend ae ho:, ^nd ae hgei noninoi; 
for luv iz kruwned wid de prijm 

in sprii) tijm, &c. 



From The Taming of the Shrew. 

Act IV. Scene i. 
petruikTo:.] leo 

kum, kaeit, sit duwn; ij kno: iu haev ae stumgek. 
wil iu giv 0aer)ks, swiit kaeit; or els Jael ij? 
hwaets dis? mut,n? 

first servaent.] ij. 

petruikTo:.] hwu: brout it? 

pe:ter.] ij. 

petruikTo:.] tiz burnt; aend so: iz a:l de me:t. 
hwaet dogz aer de:z! hweir iz de raeskael ku:k? 160 
huw durst iu, vilaeinz, brii) it from de dreser, 
aend serv it dus tu mi: daet luv it not? 
de:r, tae:k it tu iu, trentjerz, kups, aend a:l: 
iu hi:dles d^oulthedz aend unmaenerd slae:vz! 
hwaet, du iu grumb,l? ijl bi wid iu straeit. 170 



78 From The Taming of the Shrew. 

Kate. I pray you husband be not fo dif quiet, 
The meate was well, if you were fo contented. 

Pet. I tell thee Kate, 'twas burnt and dried 

away, 
And I expreffely am forbid to touch it: 
175 For it engenders choller, planteth anger, 
And better 'twere that both of vs did faft, 
Since of our felues, our felues are chollericke, 
Then feede it with fuch over-rofted flefh : 
Be patient, to morrow't fhal be mended, 
180 And for this night we'l faft for companie. 
Come I wil bring thee to thy Bridall chamber. 



Act V. Scene n. 

Fie, fie, vnknit that threatning^ vnkinde brow, 
And dart not fcornefull glances from thofe eies, 
To wound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour. 
It blots thy beautie, as frofts doe bite the Meads, 

140 Confounds thy fame, as whirlewinds fhake faire budds, 
And in no fence is meete or amiable. 
A woman mou'd, is like a fountaine troubled, 
Muddie, ill feeming, thicke, bereft of beautie, 
And while it is fo, none fo dry or thirftie 

145 Will daigne to fip, or touch one drop of it. 
Thy husband is thy Lord, thy life, thy keeper. 
Thy head, thy foueraigne : One that cares for thee, 
And for thy maintenance commits ^ his body 
To painfull labour, both by fea and land: 

150 To watch the night in ftormes, the day in cold, 

^ thretanins:. ^ maintenance. Commits. 



From The Taming of the Shrew. 79 

kaeit.l ij prgei iu, huzbaendj bi not so diskwijet : 
de meit wsez wel, if iu wer so kontented. 

petruikio:.] ij tel dii^ k^eit^ twasz burnt send drijd 

cewsei; 
aend ij ekspresli gem forbid tu tutj it, 
for it ind^enderz koler, plgentee seijger; 175 

send beter tweir daet bo 16 ov us did fsest, 
sins, ov uwrselvZj uwrselvz ser kolerik, 
den fiid it wid sutj over-roisted flej. 
bi paeisient; tu-morout Jael bi mended, 
aend, for dis nijt, will faest for kumpseni: iso 

kum, ij wii brii] di tu dij brijdael tjsember. 



Act V. Scene ii. 

fij, fij ! unknit daet ere(:)tnii] unkijnd bruw, 

aend daert not skornful glaensez from doiz ijz, 

tu wuwnd dij lord, dij kii], dij guvernor: 

it blots dij beuti aez frosts du bijt de meidz, 

konfuwndz dij f^:m aez hwirlwijndz Jseik fseir budz, uo 

aend in no: sens iz miit or seimiaeb,!. ^ 

ae wumaen muivd iz lijk ae fuwntaein trubled, 

mudi, il-siimii), Gik, bireft ov beuti; 

aend hwijl it iz so:, noin so drij or eirsti 

wil daein tu sip or tutJ o:n drop ov it. 145 

dij huzbaend iz dij lord, dij lijf, dij kiiper, 

dij bed, dij suv(e)raein; oin daet kaeirz for di:, 

aend for dij maeintenaens komits hiz bodi 

tu paeinful lae:bor bo:e bij se: aend laend, 

tu waetj de nijt in stormz, de daei in kould, 150 

^ Or ae:mi3ebl. 



80 From The Taming of the Shrew. 

Whir It thou ly'It war me at home, lecure and lafe, 
And craues no other tribute at thy hands, 
But loue, faire lookes, and true obedience; 
Too little payment for fo great a debt. 

155 Such dutie as the fubiect owes the Prince, 
Euen luch a woman oweth to her husband: 
And when fhe is froward, peeuilh, lullen, fowre, 
And not obedient to his honelt will, 
What is Ihe but a foule contending Rebell, 

160 And gracelefle Traitor to her louing Lord? 
I am afham'd that women are lo fimple, 
To offer warre, where they f hould kneele for peace : 
Or feeke for rule, lupremacie, and fway. 
When they are bound to ferue, loue, and obay. 

165 Why are our bodies loft, and weake, and fmooth, 
Vnapt to toyle and trouble in the world, 
But that our loft conditions, and our harts. 
Should well agree with our externall parts? 
Come, come, you froward and vnable wormes, 

170 My minde hath bin as bigge as one of yours, 
My heart as great, my reafon haplie more, 
To bandie word for word, and frowne for frowne 
But now I fee our Launces are but Itrawes: 
Our ftrength as weake, our weakeneffe paft compare 

175 That feeming to be molt, which we indeed leaft are 
Then vale your ftomackes, for it is no boote, 
And place your hands below your husbands foote 
In token of which dutie, if he plea[e, 
My hand is readie, may it do him eafe. 



From The Taming of the Shrew. 81 

hwijlst duw lijst wserm ast ho:m, sekiur send sgeif; 

aend krseivz no uder tribiut «t dij hgendz 

but luv, faeir luiks send triu obeidiens; 

tu: lit,l pasiment for so greit ge det. 

sutj diuti aez de subd5ekt ouz de prins iss 

iivn sutJ ae wumasn o:ee tu her huzb^nd; 

aend hwen Ji Tz^ frowserd, piivij, sulen, suwr, 

aend not obeidient tu hiz onest wil, 

hwaet iz Ji but ^ fuwl kontendig rebel 

aend graeisles traeitor tu her luvii) lord? leo 

ij aem aejaeimd daet wimen aer so simp,l 

tu ofer w^r hweir daei Juild kniil for peis, 

or silk for riul, siupremaesi aend swaei, 

hwen d^i aer buwnd tu serv, luv send obsei. 

hwij aer uwr bodiz soft aend weik aend smuie, les 

un^pt tu toil aend trub,l in de world, 

but daet uwr soft kondisionz aend uwr hserts 

Juild wel aegri: wid uwr eksternael paerts ? 

kum, kum, iu frowaerd aend unae:b,l wurmz! 

mij mijnd h^e bim^ gez big aez o:n ov iurz, no 

mij haert aez greit, mij reiz,n hgepli moir, 

tu baendi word for word gend fruwn for fruwn; 

but nuw ij si: uwr laensez aer but straiz, 

uwr strei)0 aez weik, uwr weiknes paest kompseir, 

daet siimii) tu bi moist hwitj wi indiid leist seir. 175 

den vaeil iur stumaeks, for it iz no buit, 

aend plaeis iur haendz biloi iur huzbcendz fuit: 

in toik,n ov hwitJ diuti, if hi pleiz, 

mij haend iz re(:)di; maei it du: him eiz. 



' Or Siiz. 2 bin. 

Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. U. 



82 From Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. 



From Twelfth Ntght; or, What You Will. 

Act I. Scene i. 

If Muficke be the food of Loue, play on, 
Giue me exceffe of it: that furfetting, 
The appetite may ficken, and fo dye. 
That ftraine agen, it had a dying fall: 
5O, it came ore my eare, like the fweet found 
That breathes vpon a banke of Violets; 
Stealing, and giuing Odour. Enough, no more, 
'Tis not fo fweet now, as it was before. 
O fpirit of Loue, how quicke and frefh art thou, 

10 That notwithftanding thy capacitie, 
Receiueth as the Sea. Nought enters there, 
Of what validity, and pitch fo ere, 
But falles into abatement, and low price 
Euen in a minute; fo full of fhapes is fancie, 

15 That it alone, is high fantafticall. 



Act II. Scene hl 
Clowne fings. 

40 O Miftris mine where are you roming? 

O ftay and heare, your true loues coming. 

That can fing both high and low. 
Trip no further prettie fweeting: 
lourneys end in louers meeting, 

45 Euery wife mans fonne doth know. 



From Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. 83 

From Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. 

Act I. Scene l 
if miuzik bi de fuid ov luv, plgei on; 
giv mi ekses ov it, dset, surfetii), 
de sepetijt mgei sik,n, aend so: dij. 
daet strain feggeinli it h^d ae dijii) fail: 
o:, it k^im oir mij e;r lijk de swiit suwnd, 5 

dast breidz upon as baei]k ov vijolets, 
steilii) aend givii) oidor! inuf; no moir: 
tiz not so swiit nuw sez it wsz bifo:r. 
o: spir(i)t ov luv! huw kwik send fre/ sert duw, 
dast, notwiest^ndii) dij kaepsesiti ' ,0 

reseivee sez de sei, nout enterz deir, 
ov hwaet v^liditi aend pitj soeir, 
but failz intu aebseitment aend lo: prijs, 
iivn in ae miniut: so ful ov Jseips iz fsensi 
d^t it aeloin iz hij fasntaestik^l. ,5 



Act II. Scene m. 
[kluwn sii]z.] 
o: mistres mijn, hweir aer iu roimii] ? 
o:, staei aend heir; iur triu luvz ku(:)mii), 

daet kaen sii) boie hij ^nd loi: 
trip no furder, priti swiitig ; 
d^urnaeiz end in luverz mi:tii) 

ev(e)ri wijz masnz sun due knoi. 



40 



45 



Or ae( 



len. 



84 From Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. 

What is loue, tis not heereafter, 
Prelent mirth, hath prelent laughter: 
50 What's to come, is Itill vnfure. 
In delay there lies no plentie, 
Then come kille me fweet and twentie: 
Youths a Ituffe will not endure. 



Act II. Scene iv. 
Song. 

Come away, come away death. 

And in fad cyprelle let me be laide. 
Flye^ away, flie^ away breath, 
55 I am Ilaine by a faire cruell maide: 
My Ihrowd of white, Ituck all with Ew, 

O prepare it. 

My part of death no one lo true 

Did fhare it. 

60 Not a flower, not a flower fweete 

On my blacke coffin, let there be ftrowne:^ 
Not a friend, not a friend greet 

My poore corpes, where my bones fhall bethrowne 
A thoufand thoufand fighes to laue, 
65 Lay me o where 

Sad true louer neuer find my graue. 
To weepe there. 



Fye. 2 fie. ^ Itrewne. 



From Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. 85 

hwget iz luv? tiz not heiraefter; 
prezent mire hsee prezent Isefter- 

hwaets tu kum iz stil unsiur: 50 

in delgei der lijz no plenti; 
den kum kis mi, swiit send twenti, 

jiuGs ae stuf wil not endiur. ^ 



Act II. Scene iv. 

[SOI].] 

kum aewsei, kum gewgei, de(:)0, 

gend in sged sijpres let mi bi laeid; 
flij aewaei, flij aewasi, bre(i)e; 

ij gem slgein bij ge fgeir kriuel maeid. 55 

mij Jruwd ov hwijt^ stuk a:l wid iu, 

01, prepgeir it! 
mij pgert ov de(:)e, no o:n so triu 
did Jgeir it. 

not ge fluwr, not ge fluwr swiit, eo 

on mij blaek kofin let der bi stroun; 
not ae frend, not ge frend griit 

mij puir korps, hweir mij bomz Jael bi 0roun: 
ae euwzgend Buwzgend sijz tu sgeiv, 

Igei mi^ 01, hweir 65 

saed triu luver never ^ fijnd mij grgeiv, 
tu wiip deir! 



^ Or indiur. ^ nelr. 



86 From Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. 

Act III. Scene iv. 

01 

How now Maluolio? 

Mai. Sweet Lady, ho, ho. 

01. SmilTt thou? 
20 1 lent for thee vpon a fad occafion. ^ 

Mai. Sad Lady, I could be fad: This does 

make lome obltruction in the blood: This croffe- 

gartering, but what of that ? ^ If it pleale the eye 

of one, it is with me as the very true Sonnet is: 

25Pleafe one, and pleafe all. 

01. 8 Why how doeft thou man ? ^ What is the 
matter with thee? 

Mai. Not blacke in my minde, though yellow 
in my legges : It did come to his hands, and Com- 
somaunds fhall be executed. I thinke we doe know 
the Iweet Romane hand. 

01. Wilt thou go to bed Maluolio? 

Mai. To bed? I Iweet heart, and He come 
to thee. 
85 01. God comfort thee: Why dolt thou fmile 
io., and kille thy hand fo oft? 

Mar. How do you Maluolio? 

Maluo. At your requelt:* Yes, Nightingales 
anfwere Dawes. 
40 Mar. Why appeare you with this ridiculous 
boldneffe before my Lady. 

Mai. Be not afraid of greatneffe: 'twas well 
writ. 

1 Ll. 19, 20 printed as one line. ^ LI. 21 to 24 
(. . . that?) printed as three lines ending fad: — blood: 
— that? ^ Mai. * Line ends here. 



From Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. 87 

Act III. Scene iv. 

olivTse.] 

huw nuw, mgelvoilioi ! 

mselvoilio:.] swiit Iseidi, ho:, ho:. 

olivTae.] smijlst duw? 
ij sent for di: upon ge saed okge:zTon. 20 

mselvo:lio:.] sged, l3e:di ! ij ku:ld bi sged : dis duz 
m8e:k 'sum obstruksion in de blud, dis kros-gaerterii) ; 
but hwaet ov dget? if it ple:z de ij ov o:n, it iz 
wid mi: aez de veri triu sonet iz, "ple:z o:n, send 
ple:z a:l." 25 

ohvTae.] hwij, huw dust duw, msen? hwaet 
iz de mseter wid di:? 

mgelvo:lTo:.] not blaek in mij mijnd, dou jelo: 
in mij legz. it did kum to hiz haendz, aend komsendz 
Jgel bi eksekiuted : ij eii)k wi du kno: de swi:t ro:maen 30 
hgend. 

oiivTae.] wilt duw go: tu bed, maelvo:lio:? 

mgelvoilTo:.] tu bed? ij, swi:t-haert, aend ijl 
kum tu di:. 

olivTae.] god kumfort di:! hwij dust duw 35 
smijl so: aend kis dij haend so oft? 

maerijae.] huw du: iu, maelvo:lTo:? 

maelvoilio:.] aet iur rekwest! jes; nijtil)gae:lz 
senswer daiz. 

maerijae.] hwij aepe:r iu wid dis ridikiulus bould- 40 
nes bifo:r mij lae:di? 

m3elvo:lTo:.] "bi: not aefraeid ov gre:tnes:" 
twaez wel writ. 



88 From The Winter's Tale. 

01. What meanit thou by that Maluolio? 
45 Mai. Some are borne great. 

01. Ha? 

Mai. Some atcheeue greatnefle. 

01. What fayft thou? 

Mai. And fome haue greatnefle thruft vpon 
50 them. 

01. Heauen reltore thee. 

Mai. Remember who commended thy yellow 
ftockings. 

01. Thy yellow ftockings? 
55 Mai. And wifh'd to fee thee croffe garter 'd. 

01. Croffe garter'd? 

Mai. Go too, thou art made, if thou defir'ft 
to be fo. 

01. Am I made? 
60 Mai. If not, let^ me fee thee a feruant Itill. 

01. Why this is verie Midfommer madneffe. 



From The Winter's Tale. 
Act II. Scene i. 

Her. Take the Boy to you : he fo troubles me, 
'Tis paft enduring. 

Lady, Come (my gracious Lord) 

Shall I be your play-fellow? 

Mam. No, He none of you. 

Lady. Why (my fweet Lord?) 
5 Mam. You'lekiffemehard, andfpeaketome,asif 
I were a Baby ftill. I loue you better. 

1 ler. 



From The Winter's Tale. 89 

oliviae.] hwaet meinst duw bij dget, maelvoilTo: ? 

maelvoilio:.] ''sum ser born greit," — 45 

olivTge.] hse ? 

maelvoilio:.] ''sum aetji(i)v greitnes/' — 

olivTae.] hwaet saeist duw? 

maelvoilio:.] "aend sum haev gre:tnes Srust 
upon dem." 50 

oliviae.] he(:)vn resto:r dii ! 

maelvo:lTo:.] "remember hwu: komended dij 
jeloi stokii)z/' — 

oliviae.] dij jeloi stokigz! 

maelvoilio:.] "aend wijt tu si: di kros-gaerterd." 55 

oliviae.] kros-gaerterd ! 

maelvoilToi.] "go: tu:, duw aert mae:d, if duw 
dezijrst tu bi: so:*," — 

oliviae.] aem ij mae:d? 

maelvo:lTo:.] "if not, let mi si: di ae servaent stil." eo 

olivise.] hwij, dis iz veri midsumer maednes. 



From The Winter's Tale. 
Act II. Scene i. 

hermijone:.] taeik de boi tui iu : hi: so trub,lz mii, 
tiz paest indiurii). 

lae:di.] kum, mij graeisTus lord, 

Jael ij bi iur plaei-felo: ? 

maemilTus.] no:, ijl no:n ov iu. 

lae:di.] hwij, mij swi:t lord? 

maemilius.] iul kis mi haerd aend speik tu mi aez if 5 
ij wer ae baeibi stil. ij luv iu beter. 



90 From The Winter's Tale. 

2. Lady. And why lo (my Lord?) 
Mam. Not for becaufe 

Your Browes are blacker (yet black-browes they fay 
Become fome Women belt, fo that there be not 
10 Too much haire there, but in a Cemicircle, 
Or a halfe-Moone, made with a Pen.) 

2. Lady. Who taught 'this? 

Mam. I learn'd it out of Womens faces : pray 

now, 
What colour are your eye-browes? 

Lady. Blew (my Lord.) 

Mam,. Nay, that's a mock: I haue leene a 

Ladies Nofe 
15 That ha's beene blew, but not her eye-browes. 

Her Come Sir, now 

I am for you againe: 'Pray you fit by vs, 
And tell's a Tale. 

Mam. Merry, or fad, fhal't be? 

Her. As merry as you will. 
25 Mam. A fad Tale's beft for Winter: I haue one 
Of Sprights, and Goblins. ^ 

Her. Let's haue that (good Sir.) 

Come-on, fit downe, come-on, and doe your beft, 
To fright me with your Sprights: you're powrefuU 

at it. 

Mam. There was a man. 

Her. Nay, come fit downe: then on. 

^ L. 25 ends with Winter, /. 26 with Goblins. 



From The Winter's Tale. 91 

sekond lae:di.] aend hwij so:, mij lord? 

maemilTus.] not for bikaiz 

iur bruwz ger blgeker; jit blaek bruwz, daei ssei, 
bikum sum wimen best, so daet der bi: not 
tu: mutj haeir de:r, but in ge semisirk,!, lo 

or ae haif-muin masid wid ae pen. 

sekond laeidi.] hwu: tait dis? 

maemilTus.] ij lernd it uwt ov wimenz faeisez. 

praei nuw 
hwaet kulor aer iur ij-bruwz? 

laeidi.] bliu, mij lord. 

maemilTus.] naei, daets as mok : ijv sim ae Igeidiz 

no:z 
daet haez biin bliu, but not her ij-bruwz. 15 

hermijone:.] kum, sir, nuw 

ij asm for iu gegaein: praei iu, sit bij us, 
aend tels ae taeil. 

maemilTus.] meri or saed Jaelt bi:? 

hermijone:.] asz meri aez iu wil. 
maemilTus.] ae saed tae:lz best for winter : ij haeiv o:n 25 
ov sprijts aend goblinz. 

hermijone:.] lets has:v daet, gud sir. 

kum on, sit duwn: kum on, asnd du: iur best 
tu frijt mi wid iur sprijts; iur puwrful aet it. 

maemilTus.] der wasz ae maen — 

hermijone:.] naei, kum, sit duwn; den on. 



92 From King John. 

80 Mam. Dwelt by a Church-yard: I will tell it 

loftly, 
Yond Crickets Ihall not heare it. 

Her, Come on then, 

And giu't me in mine eare.^ 

Act IV. Scene hi. 
Song. 
lOG-ON, log-on, the foot-path way, 

And merrily hent the Stile-a: 
A merry heart goes all the day, 
135 Your lad tyres in a Mile-a. 



From King John. 
Act I. Scene i. 
A FOOT of Honor better then I was, 
But many a many foot of Land the worfe. 
Well, now can I make any loane a Lady, 

185 Good den Sir Richard, Godamercy fellow. 

And if his name be George, He call him Peter ; 
For new made honor doth forget mens names: 
'Tis too refpectiue, and too fociable 
For your conuerfion, now your traueller, 

190 Hee and his tooth-picke at my worfhips melfe, 
And when my knightly ftomacke is fuffis'd. 
Why then I fucke my teeth, and catechize 
My picked man of Countries: my deare fir, 

^ Come . . . eare printed as one line. 



From King John. 93 

maemilTus.] dwelt bij ae tjurtjjgerd: ij wil tel it 30 

softli ; 
jond krikets Jgel not heir it. 

hermijone:.] kum on, den, 

aend givt mi in mijn e:r. 



Act IV". Scene iii. 

[SOI).] 

d^og on, d5og on, de fuit-pae0 waei, 

send merili hent de stijl-ge: 
ae meri haert go:z ail de daei, 

iur sasd tijrz in ae mijl-as. 135 



From King John. 

Act I. Scene i. 
ae fuit ov onor beter den ij waez; 
but maeni se masni fuit ov laend de wurs. 
wel, nuw kaen ij maeik aeni d50in se lasidi. 
''gud den, sir ritjasrd:" — ''god-ae-mersi, feloi!"— 135 
aend if hiz nas:m bi d^ord;, ijl kail him peiter; 
for niu-mseid onor du9 forget menz naeimz; 
tiz tu: respektiv send tu: soisTaeb,! ^ 
for iur konversion. nuw iur traeveler, 
hi: aend hiz tuiGpik aet mij wurjips mes, lyo 

aend hwen mij knijtli stumaek iz sufijzd, 
hwij den ij suk mij tii0 aend kaetekijz 
mij piked maen ov kuntriz: "mij deir sir,*' 

^ Or soisigebl. 



94 From King Richard IL 

Thus leaning on mine elbow I begin, 
195 1 fhall beleech 5'ou-, that is queftion now, 
And then comes anfwer like an Abley booke: 
O lir, layes anfwer, at 5'our belt command, 
At your employment, at your leruice fir: 
No fir, faies queftion, I fweet fir at yours, 
200 And fo ere anfwer knowes what queftion would, 
Sauing in Dialogue of Complement, 
And talking of the Alpes and Appenines, 
The Perennean and the riuer Poe, 
It drawes toward f upper in conclufion fo. 



Act V. Scene vii. 
This England neuer did, nor neuer fhall 
Lye at the proud foote of a Conqueror, 
But when it firft did helpe to wound it felfe. 
115 Now, thefe her Princes are come home againe. 
Come the three corners of the world in Armes, 
And we fhall fhocke them : Naught fhall make vs rue, 
If England to it felfe, do reft but true. 



From King Richard II. 

Act II. Scene i. 
40 This royall Throne of Kings, this fceptred Ifle, 
This earth of Maiefty, this feate of Mars, 
This other Eden, demy paradife, 
This Fortreffe built by Nature for her felfe, 
Againft infection, and the hand of warre: 



From King Richard II. 95 

dus, leinii) on mijn elboi, ij bigin, 

"ij Jael bisiitj iu" — daet iz kwestion nuw; 195 

aend den kumz senswer lijk gen sebsi buik: 

"o: sir/' sgeiz genswer, "set iur best komsend; 

set iur emploiment • set iur servis, sir:" 

"no:, sir/' sgeiz kwestion, "ij, swiit sir, get iurz:" 

aend so:, e:r genswer knouz hwget kwestion wuild, 200 

sgeivii) in dijaelog ov kompliment, 

send ta:kii) ov de aslps gend aepenijnz, 

de pirene:gen aend de river po:, 

it dra:z to:rd super in konkliuzTon so:. 



Act V. Scene vii. 
dis ii)lgend never did, nor never Jael, 
lij get de pruwd fu:t ov ge kogkeror, 
but hwen it first did help tu wuwnd itself, 
nuw de:z her prinsez aer kum ho:m aegaein, 115 

kum de Gri: kornerz ov de world in aermz, 
send wi: Jael Jok dem. na:t Jael mae:k us riu, 
if iglaend tu itself du rest but triu. 



From King Richard II. 
Act II. Scene i. 
dis roiael ero:n ov kiijz, dis septred ijl, 40 

dis e(:)r6 ov maed^esti, dis se:t ov maerz, 
dis uder e:d,n, demi-paergedijs, 
dis fortres bilt bij naeitiur for herself 
aeggeinst^ infeksion gend de hsend ov waer, 

^ Or segenst. 



96 From the First Part of King Henry IV. 

45 This happy breed of men, this little world, 
This precious Itone, let in the liluer lea, 
Which femes it in the office of a wall, 
Or as a Moate defenfiue to a houfe, 
Againft the enuy of leffe happier Lands, 

50 This bleffed plot, this earth, this Realme, this England, 

This Land of fuch deere foules, this deere-deere Land, 
Deere for her reputation through the world. 
Is now Leas'd out (I dye pronouncing it) 

60 Like to a Tenement or pelting Farme. 
England bound in with the triumphant fea, 
Whole rocky fhore beates backe the enuious fiedge 
Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with fhame, 
With Inky blottes, and rotten Parchment bonds. 

63 That England, that was wont to conquer others, 
Hath made a fhamefull conqueft of it felfe. 
Ah! would the Icandall vanifh with my life. 
How happy then were my enfuing death? 



From the First Part of King Henry IV. 

Act II. Scene iv. 

Prince. What's the matter? 
175 Faljt. What's the matter? here be foure of 
vs, haue ta'ne a thoufand pound this Morning. 
Prince. Where is it, lack? where is it? 
180 Faljt, Where is it? taken from vs, it is: a 
hundred vpon poore foure of vs. 

Prince. What, a hundred, man? 



From the First Part of King Henry IV. 97 

dis haepi briid ov men, dis lit^ world, 45 

dis presTus sto:n set in de silver se:, 

hwitj servz it in de of is ov ae wa:l 

or aez ae moit defensiv tu ae huws, 

aegaeinst de envi ov les haepTer Isendz, 

dis blesed plot, dis e(i)re, dis riilm, dis iijlaend, 50 

dis laend ov sutj deir soulz, dis deir deir laend, 

de:r for her repiutaeisTon Grui de world, 

iz nuw leist uwt, ij dij pronuwnsii] it, 

lijk tu ae tenement or peltii) faerm: eo 

iljlaend, buwnd in wid de trijumfasnt se:, 

hwuiz roki Joir beits baek de envius siid; 

ov waet(e)ri neptiun, (i)z nuw buwnd in widjaeim, 

wid ii)ki blots asnd rot,n pasrtjment bondz : 

daet iijlaend, daet waez wunt tu koijker uderz, 65 

has0 maeid ae Jaeimful konkwest ov itself. 

aeh, wuild de skaendael vaenij wid mij lijf, 

huw haepi den wer mij insiuii) de(i)e ! 



From the First Part of King Henry IV. 

Act II. Scene iv. 

prins.] hwaets de maeter? 

failstaef.] hwaets de maeter! heir bi four 0V175 
us haev taein ae Buwzaend puwnd dis mornii). 

prins.] hweir iz it, d5aek? hweir iz it? 

failstaef.] hweir iz it ! taeik,n from us it iz : ae iso 
hundred upon pu:r four ov us. 

prins.] hwaet, « hundred, maen? 

Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. II. 7 



98 From the First Part of King Henry IV. 

Falsi. I am a Rogue, if I were not at halfe Sword 
with a dozen of them two houres together. I haue 
185 fcaped by miracle. I am eight times thruft through 
the Doublet, foure through the Hofe, my Buckler 
cut through and through, my Sword hackt like a 
Hand-faw, ecce fignum. I neuer dealt better fince 
I was a man : all would not doe. A plague of all 
190 Cowards: let them fpeake*, if they fpeake more or 
leffe then truth, they are villaines, and the fonnes 
of darkneffe. 

Prince. Speake firs, how was it? 

Gad. We foure fet upon fome dozen. 

Falft. Sixteene, at leaft, my Lord. 
195 Gad. And bound them. 

Peto. No, no, they were not bound. 

Falft. You Rogue, they were bound, euery 
man of them, or I am a lew elfe, an Ebrew lew. 
200 Gad. As we were fharing, fome fixe or feuen 

frefh men fet vpon vs. 

Falft. And vnbound the reft, and then come 
in the other. 

Prince. What, fought yee with them all? 
205 Falft. All? I know not what yee call all: 
but if I fought not with fiftie of them, I am a 
bunch of Radifh: if there were not two or three 
and fiftie vpon poore olde lack, then am I no two- 
legg'd Creature. 

Prin. ^ Pray Heauen, you haue not murthered 
210 fome of them. 

Falft. Nay, that's paft praying for, I haue 
pepper 'd two of them : Two I am fure I haue payed, 

1 Poin. 



From the First Part of King Henry IV. 99 

failstsef.] ij sem ae roig, if ij wer not set haif- 
sword ^ wid ae duz,n ov dem tu: uwrz tugeder. ij 
haev skgeipt bij miraek,!. ij aem seit tijmz erust Grui de iss 
dublet, four Gru: de hoiz ; mi j bukler kut 0rui gend 
eru: ; mij swo(i)rd ^ hgekt lijk aehgend-sa: — ekse signum ! 
ij never delt beter sins ij wsez ae maen: ail wuild 
not dui. ae plaeig ov ail kuwaerdz ! let dem speik : 190 
if daei speik moir or les den triu0^ daei aer vilaeinz 
send de sunz ov daerknes. 

prins.] speik, sirz*, huw waez it? 

gaedzhil.] wii four set upon sum duz,n — 

failstaef.] sikstiin aet leist mij lord. 

gaedzhil.] aend buwnd dem. 195 

peitoi.] noi, noi, daei wer not buwnd. 

failstaef.] iu ro:g, daei weir buwnd, ev(e)ri maen 
ov dem; or ij sem ae d^iu els, aen eibriu d^iu. 

gaedzhil.] aez wi wer Jaeirii), sum siks or seven 200 
frej men set upon us — 

failstaef.] aend unbuwnd de rest, send den kum 
in de uder. 

prins.] hwaet, fout ji wid dem ail? 

failstaef.] ail! ij knoi not hwaet ji kail ail; 205 
but if ij fout not wid fifti ov dem, ij aem ae buntj 
ov raedij: if der wer not tu: or Grii aend fifti upon 
puir ould dzaek, den aem ij no tui-legd kreitiur. 

prins.] praei he(i)vn iu haev not murder (e)d 210 
sum ov dem. 

failstaef.] naei, daets paest praeir) for: ij haev 

peperd tui ov dem; tu: ij aem siur ij haev paeid, 

1 Or swu(i)rd. 

7* . 
LOfC. 



100 From the First Part of King Henry IV. 

two Rogues in Buckrom Sutes. I tell thee what, 
ixhHal, if I tell thee a Lye, Ipit in my face, call me 
Horfe : thou knowelt my olde ward : ^ here I lay, 
and thus I bore my point ; f oure Rogues in Buck- 
rom let driue at me. 

Prince. What, foure? thou fayd'ft but two, 
euen now. 
220 Faljt. Foure Hal, I told thee foure. 
Poin. I, I, he faid foure. 
Falft. Thefe foure came all a-front, and mainely 
thruft at me; I made no more adoe, but tooke all 
their feuen points in my Targuet, thus. 
225 Prince. Seuen? why there were but foure, 
euen now. 

Falft. In Buckrom. 
Poin. I, foure, in Buckrom Sutes. 
230 Falft. Seuen, by thele Hilts, or I am a Villaine 
elfe. 

Prin. Prethee let him alone, whe fhall haue 
more anon. 

Falft. Doeft thou heare me, Hal? 
Prin. I, and marke thee too, lack. 
235 Falft. Doe fo, for it is worth the liftning 
too: thefe nine in Buckrom, that I told thee of. 
Prin. So, two more alreadie. 
Falft. Their Points being broken. 
Poin. Downe fell his Hofe. 
240 Falft. Began to giue me ground : but I followed 
me clofe, came in foot and hand ; and with a thought, 
feuen of the eleuen I pay'd. 

Prin. O monftrous! eleuen Buckrom men 
245growne out of two? 

^ word. 



From the First Part of King Henry IV. 101 

tu: roigz in bukrom siuts. ij tel di hwaet^ hael, if ij 
tel di ae lij, spit in mij fseis, kail mi hors. duw2i5 
knouest mij ould wserd: heir ij laei, send dus ij 
boir mij point, four roigz in bukrom let drijv 
set mi: — 

prins.] hwget, four? duw sgeidst but tu: i:v,n 
nuw. 

fa:]stgef.] four, hsel; ij tould di four. 220 

poinz,] ij, ij, hi saeid four. 

fa:lst3ef.] de:z four kge:m a:l ae-frunt, send 
mseinh erust aet mii. ij m«:d no mo:r aedu: but 
tu:k ail daeir sev,n points in mij taerget, dus. 

prins.] sev,n? hwij, der wer but four iiv,n225 
nuw. 

failstaef.] in bukrom? 

poinz.] ij, four, in bukrom siuts. 

failstaef.] sev,n, bij deiz hilts, or ij aem ae23o 
vilaein els. 

prins.] pridii, let him aeloin ; wi Jael haeiv moir 
senon. 

failstaef.] dust duw heir mi, hael? 

prins.] ij, aend maerk di tui, d5aek. 

failstaef.] dui so, for it iz wur0 de listnii) tui. 235 
deiz nijn in bukrom daet ij tould di ov — 

prins.] SOI, tui moir a:lre(i)di. 

failstaef.] daeir points biiii) bro:k,n — 

poinz.] duwn fel (h)iz hoiz. 

failstaef.] bigaen tu giv mi gruwnd: but iJ24o 
foloud mi klois, kaeim in fuit aend haend; aend wid 
ge Gout sev,n ov de elev,n ij paeid. 

prins.] 01 monstrus ! elev,n bukrom men groun 

UWt ov tui ! 245 



102 From the First Part of King Henry IV. 

Falft. But as the Deuill would haue it, three 
mif-begotten Knaues, in Kendall Greene, came at 
my Back, and let driue at me ; for it was lo darke, 
Haly that thou could 'It not fee thy Hand. 

Prin. Why, how could 'ft thou know thefe 
men in Kendall Greene, when it was fo darke, 
thou could 'ft not fee thy Hand? Come, tell vs 
your reafon: what fay 'ft thou to this? 

260 Poin. Come, your reafon lack^ your reafon. 

Falft. What, vpon compulfion ? No : were 

I at the Strappado, or all the Racks in the World, 

I would not tell you on compulfion. Giue you a 

reafon on compulfion? If Reafons were as plentie 

205 as Black-berries, I would giue no man a Reafon 
vpon compulfion, I. 



Act V. Scene iv. 

Fare thee welP great heart: 
Ill-weau'd Ambition, how much art thou fhrunke? 
When that this bodie did containe a fpirit, 

90 A Kingdome for it was too fmall a bound: 
But now two paces of the vileft Earth 
Is roome enough. This Earth that beares the dead, 
Beares not aliue fo ftout a Gentleman. 
If thou wer't fenfible of curtefie, 

95 1 fhould not make fo great a fhew of Zeale. 
But let my fauours hide thy mangled face, 
And euen in thy behalfe, He thanke my felfe 
For doing thefe fayre Rites of Tenderneffe. 

^ Farewell F, Fare thee well Q. 



From the First Part of King Henry IV, 103 

failstsef.] but, aez de diiv,l wuild hgeiv it, erii 
misbigot,n knaeivz in kendael grim kaeim ast mij 
bgek send let drijv get mi ; for it waez so dasrk, hael, 
daet duw kuildst not si: dij hasnd. 

prins.] hwij, huw kuildst duw kno: deiz men 
in kendsel grim, hwen it wgez so daerk duw kuildst 
not sii dij haend? kum, tel us iur re:z,n: hwaet saeist 
duw tu dis? 

poinz.] kum, iur reiZjU, d^ask, iur reiz,n. 260 

failstaef.] hwaet, upon kompulsTon? noi: weir 
ij aet de straepaeido, or ail de raeks in de world, 
ij wuild not tel iu on kompulsTon. giv iu as reiz,n 
on kompulsion! if reiz,nz wer aez plenti aez blaek- 
beriz, ij wuild giv noi maen as reiz,n upon kom-265 
pulsion, ij. 



Act V. Scene iv. 

faeir di wel, greit h^rt! 
il-weivd aembision, huw mutj gert duw Jruijk! 
hwen daet dis bodi did kontaein as spirit, 
ae kirjdum for it waez tui sma:l se buwnd; 90 

but nuw tui pgeisez ov de vijlest e(:)r6 
iz ruim inuf: dis e(i)r6 daet beirz de ded 
be:rz not aelijv so stuwt ae d;ent,lmaen. 
if duw wert sensib,! ov kurtesi 

ij Juild not maeik so greit as Joi ov zeil : 95 

but, let mij faeivorz hijd dij maei]gled faeis; 
aend, iivn in dij bihaif, ijl 0aei)k mijself 
for duiig deiz fasir rijts ov tendernes. 



104 From the Second Part of King Henry IV. 

Adieu, and take thy praife with thee to heauen, 
100 Thy ignomy Ileepe with thee in the graue, 
But not remembred in thy Epitaph. 



From the Second Part of King Henry IV. 

Act III. Scene i. 

How many thouland of my pooreft Subiects 
^ Are at this howre alleepe ? O Sleepe, O gentle Sleepe, 
Natures foft Nurfe, how haue I frighted thee^ 
That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids downe, 
And fteepe my Sences in Forgetfulneffe ? 
Why rather (Sleepe) lyeft thou in fmoakie Cribs, 

loVpon vneafie Pallads Itretching thee, 
And huifht with buffing Night-flyes ^ to thy flumber, 
Then in the perfum'd Chambers of the Great? 
Vnder the Canopies of coftly State, 
And luU'd with founds of fweeteft Melodie? 

15 O thou dull God, why lyeft thou with the vilde. 
In loathfome Beds, and leau'ft the Kingly Couch, 
A Watch-cafe, or a common Larum-Bell? 
Wilt thou, vpon the high and giddie Maft, 
Seale vp the Ship-boyes Eyes, and rock his Braines, 

20 In Cradle of the rude imperious Surge, 
And in the vifitation o£ the Windes, 
Who take the Ruffian Billowes by the top. 
Curling their monftrous heads, and hanging them 
With deaff'ning Clamors in the flipp'ry Clouds, 

25 That with the hurley. Death it felfe awakes? 

1 Night, flyes. 



From the Second Part of King Henry IV. 105 

aediu, aend tae:k dij prseiz wid di tu he(i)v^n! 

dij ignomi sliip wid di in de graeiv, loo 

but not remembred in dij epitgef! 



From the Second Part of King Henry IV. 
Act III. Scene i. 

huw mseni 0uwzaend ov mij puirest subd;ekts 

aer get dis uwr sesliip! o: sliip, o: d^ent,! sliip, 

nseitiurz soft nurs, huw haev ij frijted dii^ 

daet duw no moir wilt waei mij ijlidz duwn 

gend stiip mij sensez in forgetfulnes ? 

hwij raeder, sliip, lijst duw in smoiki kribz, 

upon uneizi pselaedz stretjiij di: 

gend hwijt^ wid buzir) nijt-flijz tu dij slumber, 

den in de perfiumd tjaemberz ov de greit, 

under de kgenopiz ov kostli stgeit, 

aend luld wid suwndz ov swiitest melodi? 

01 duw dul god, hwij lijst duw wid de vijld 

in lo:0sum bedz, gend leivst de kigli kuwtj 

ge waetj-kgeis or ge komon laerum-bel? 

wilt duw upon de hij gend gidi maest 

seil up de Jip-boiz ijz, aend rok hiz brgeinz 

in kraeidjl ov de riud impeirius surd^ 

aend in de vizitgeisTon ov de wijndz, 

hwui tgeik de rufigen bilouz bij de top, 

kurlii) daeir monstrus hedz aend haeijgii) dem 

wid defnii) klaemorz in de slipri kluwdz, 

daet, wid de hurli, de(:)0 itself aewteiks? 25 

1 Or hujt. 



20 



106 From King Henry V. 

Canit thou (O partiall Sleepe) giue thy Repofe 
To the wet Sea-Boy, in an houre lo rude: 
And in the calmeft, and moft Itillelt Night, 
With all appliances, and meanes to boote, 
30 Deny it to a King ? Then happy Lowe, lye downe, 
Vneafie lyes the Head, that weares a Crowne. 



Act IV. Scene iv. 
Will Fortune neuer come with both hands full. 
But write her faire words ftill in foulelt Letters? 
losShee eyther gives a Stomack, and no Foode, 
(Such are the poore, in health) or elfe a Fealt, 
And takes away the Stomack (luch are the Rich, 
That haue aboundance, and enioy it not.) 



From King Henry V. 
Act in. Scene iv. ^ 
Kath. Alice, tu as elte^ en Angleterre, et 
tu bien parlas le Language. 
Alice. Un^ peu Madame. 
Kath. le te prie , m'enfigniez , il faut que 
sie apprenne* a parler:^ Coment^ appellez^ vous 
la^ main en Anglois? 

Alice. La ^ main, elle ^^ eft ^^ appellee ^ de Hand. 

^ In order to serve as a basis for a ''received" 
pronimciatioii, the text has been altered also in places 
where the F readings may be original {cf. lefor la and 
les, apprend for apprenne, &c.). The Q texts differ so 
much that they have been disregarded. A few commas, 
&c. have been omitted or supplied. - elte. " En. 

* apprend. ^ parlen. ^ Comient. "^ appelle. ^ le. 
9 Le. ''^ il. " &. 



From King Henry V. 107 

ksenst duw, o: paersigel sli:p, giv dij repoiz 

tu de wet seiboi in aen uwr so riud, 

send in de kaimest send moist stilest nijt, 

wid ail seplijgensez gend meinz tu buit^ 

deni] it tu ge kii) ? den hsepi loi, lij duwn ! 30 

uneizi lijz de bed dset weirz se kruwn. 

Act IV. Scene iv. ' 
wil fortiun never kum wid bo:0 h^ndz ful, 
but wrijt her fseir wordz stil in fuwlest leterz? 
Ji eider givz se stum^k send no fuid; 105 

sutj ser de puir, in helG* or els se feist 
send taeiks sewgei de stumcck; sutJ ger de ritj, 
dset hgev gebundaens gend ind5oi it not. 



From King Henry V. 
Act III. Scene iv. ^ 
kgeOerin.] alisa, ty a(z) ete Tun rugbtsria, e ty 
bjii parla I9 lagai^a. 

gelis.] yi pe, madams. 

kgeeerin.] 59 t9 prii9 ma:sejiei ; il fo: k9 gaprsn 
a parlei. kii:ma:(t) ap9lei-vui la meii am aiglosi? 5 

gelis.] la meii? z\ sit apsle: ''de hgend." ^ 

^ In otir F. transcription, 'which can be only 
tentative, e, o, and £, o, stand for the close and open 
sounds respectively , whilst no distinction between 
different shades of "a" (a) and "eii" (e) sounds has been 
attempted, i and y (= ''u") are always close. 9 is the 
indistinct ''efeminin;" q, non-syllabic y. Nasal vowels 
are denoted by 1, &c. Vowel-length is more or less 
doubtfnl. The only new consonant is }\, i. e. the palatal 
nasal sound = ''gn." '^ Or, after the F. manner, da 
hal(n)d. 



108 From King Henry V. 

Kath. De Hand. E les^ doyts?^ 

Alice.^ Les* doyts, ma foy le oublie, les 
lodoyts^^ mays ie me Iouien(d)ray, ^ les^ doyts, ie 
penle qu'ils sont' appelles^ de f Ingres, oui, ^ de 
fingres. 

Kath.^^ La* main de Hand, les^ doyts de^ 
Fingres, ie penle que ie fuis le bon efcholier. 
15 Pay gaynie^^ deux^^ mots d'Anglois viltement, 
coment appellez^ vous les^ ongles? 

Alice. Les* ongles, nous ^^ les appellons deNayles. 

Kath. De Nayles, efcoute: dites moy, fi ie 
parle bien: de Hand, de Fingres, e de Nayles. 
20 Alice. Celt bien diet Madame, il elt^* fort 
bon Anglois. 

Kath. Dites moy 1' Anglois pour le bras. 

Alice. De Arme, Madame. 

Kath. E lei5 coude?i« 
25 Alice. D' Elbow. 

Kath. D 'Elbow : Ie m'en ^^ fay la ^ repetition ^^ 
de touts les mots que vous m'aves ^^ apprins des a 
prefent. 

Alice. II est ^* trop difficile Madame, comme 
30 Ie penfe. 

Kath. Excufe moy Alice, efcoute, d'Hand, de 
Fingres, '^^ de Nayles, d' Arma, de Bilbow. 

Alice. D 'Elbow, Madame. 

Kath. O Seigneur Dieu, ie m'en^^ oublie, d'Elbow, 
coment appellez^ vous le col? 

Me. 2 g ig (jQy^g given to Alice. ^ Kat. * Le. 

^ e doyt. ^ louemeray. "' ont. ^ appelle. ® on. 

'^^ Alice. Only the second sentence given to Kath. 

^^ gaynie. ^^ diux. ^" nous om. ^* &. ^'^ de. 

^^ coudee. '''' men. '^ repiticio. ^^ maves. "^ Fingre. 



From King Henry V. 109 

kseeerin.] "de hcEnd." e h: dos: ? 

sells.] Is: dos: ? ma ioz, ;ubli:9 Is: doe: ; msi 59 10 
ma suvji:(d)re. h: dos: ? 59 pa:S9 kil suit ap9le: ''de 
fiijgerz;" wi, ''de fiijgerz." ^ 

kae9erin.] la mei:, "de haend;" Is: dos:, ''de 
fiijgerz;" 59 pa:s9 kg 59 sqi I9 bum ekolje:; ;e 
gajie do: mo: da:glos: vit9ma:. kii:ma:(t) ap9le:-vu: 15 
Isz u:gl9? 

selis.] Isz u:gl9? nu: Isz apalu: "de naeilz."^ 

kceeerin.] "de nseilz." ekuit9; dit9-m6s si z,e 
parl9 bji:: "de hgend/' "de figgerz/' e '*de nseilz." 

gelis.] ss: bji: di, madamg; il s: fo:r bum 20 
a:gl6s:. 

kseeerin.] dit9-m6s la:gl6s: pu:r I9 bra:. 

sells.] "de serm/'^ madam9. 

kaeeerin.] e I9 ku:d9? 

sells.] "delbo:."* 25 

kseeerln.] "delbo:." 59 ma: fs: la repetlsju: 
d9 tu: Is: mo: k9 vu: mave:(z) apri:° ds:z a 
preza:. 

sells.] 11 s: trD(p) dlflsUa, madam9j ku:m9 59 
pa:s9. 30 

kseeerln.] sksky:z9-mos, alls9; eku:t9: "dsend/' 
"de fiijgerz/' ''de nsellz," ''d^rmse/'^ ''de bilbo:." 

sells.] ''delbo:/' madam9. 

kseeerln.] o: sejie:r dje, 59 ma:n ubli:9 ! "delbo:." 
ku:ma:(t) ap9le:-vu: I9 kol ? ^ 

^ Or fi:(ji)gr9z (cf. p. 107, note 2). ^ j^eilz (cf. lb.). 

^ arm. * delbo. ^ aprl: fif we read "appris' ), 

* darma. "^ kul. 



110 From King Richard III. 

85 Alice. De Neck, ^ Madame. 

Kath. De Nick, e le menton? 
Alice. De Chin. 

Kath. De Sin: le col de Nick, le menton 
40 de Sin. 

Alice. Ouy. Sauf voftre honneur en verite^ 
vous pronouncies^ les mots aufi droict, que les* 
Natifs d'Angleterre. 



From King Richard III. 
Act I. Scene i. 

Now is the Winter of our Difcontent, 

Made glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke: 

And all the clouds that lowr'd vpon our houfe 

In the deepe bofome of the Ocean buried. 
5 Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes, 

Our bruifed armes hung vp for Monuments; 

Our fterne Alarums chang'd to merry Meetings; 

Our dreadfull Marches, to delightfull Mealures. 

Grim-vifag'd Warre, hath fmooth'd his wrinkled 

Front : 
10 And now, in ftead of mounting Barbed Steeds, 

To fright the Soules of fearfull Aduerfaries, 

He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, 

To the lafciuious pleafing of a Lute. 

But I, that am not fhap'd for fportiue trickes, 
15 Nor made to court an amorous Looking-glaffe : 

I, that am Rudely Itampt, and want loues Maiesty, 

^ Nick. 2 verite. ^ pronouncies. * le. 



From King Richard III. Ill 

selis.] "de nek/' madama. 35 

kaeeerin.] '^de nik." e b niaitui? 
aelis.] "de tjin." 

kseeerin.] ''de sin." b kol, ''de nik:" b maitur, 
"de sin." 

40 

selis.] wi. soif vDtr uinoir^ a: verite, vu: 
prDnuisje: h: mo:(z) oisi dros ka h: natif daigbtena. 



From King Richard III. 
Act I. Scene i. 
nuw iz de winter ov uwr diskontent 
meeid gloirms sumer bij dis sun ov jork; 
send ail de kluwdz dset luwrd upon uwr huws 
in de diip buizom ov de oisTgen berid. 
nuw aer uwr bruwz buwnd wid viktoirius wreidz- 5 
uwr briuzed germz hui] up for moniuments; 
uwr stern gelaerumz tjaend^d tu meri miitirjz 
uwr dredful msertjez tu delijtful me(:)ziurz. 
grim-vizged5d wger hcSO smuidd hiz wrinkled frunt ; 

send nuw, insted ov muwntii) bccrbed stiidz 10 

tu frijt de soulz ov feirful cEdversseriz, 

hi kisiperz nimbli in ae Iseidiz tjsember 

tu de laesivTus pleizii] ov ae liut. 

but ij, daet aem not Jae;pt for sportiv triks, 

nor maeid tu kuirt aen aem(o)rus luikiij-glaes; 15 

ij, d^t aem riudli staempt, aend waent luvz m8ed5(e)sti 



112 From King Richard III. 

To ftrut before a wanton^ ambling N5^mph: 
I, that am curtail' d of this faire Proportion, 
Cheated of Feature by diffembling Nature, 

20 Deformed, vn-finifh'd, fent before my time 

Into this breathing World, f carle halfe made vp^ 
And that fo lamely and vnfafhionable ; 
That dogges barke at me, as I halt by them: 
Why I (in this weake piping time of Peace) 

25Haue no delight to paffe away the time, 
Vnleffe to fee my Shadow in the Sunne, 
And defcant on mine owne Deformity. 
And therefore, fince I cannot proue a Louer, 
To entertaine thefe faire well fpoken dayes, 

30 1 am determined to proue a Villaine, 
And hate the idle pleafures of thefe dayes. 



Act IV. Scene hi. 
The tyrannous and bloodie Act is done, 
The moft arch deed of pittious maffacre 
That euer yet this Land was guilty of: 
Dighton and Forrejt, who I did fuborne 
5 To do this peece of ruthfuU Butchery, 
Albeit they were flefht Villaines, bloody Dogges^ 
Melted with tenderneffe, and milde compaffion. 
Wept like to Children, in their deaths fad Story. 
O thus (quoth Dighton) lay the gentle Babes: 
10 Thus, thus (quoth For reft) girdling one another 
Within their Alablafter innocent Armes: 
Their lips were foure red Rofes on a ftalke, 
And in their Summer Beauty kift each other. 

1 wonton. 



From King Richard III. 113 

tu strut befoir se waenton semblii) nimf; 

ij, dset aem kurtaeild ov dis faeir proporsion, 

tjeited ov feitiur bij disemblii) naeitiur, 

deformd, unfinijt, sent befoir mij tijm 20 

intu dis breidii) world, skgers haif m^id up, 

aend dset so: Igeimli send unfgejiongeb,! 

daet dogz bserk set mi: asz ij hailt bij dem; 

hwij, ij, in dis weik pijpir) tijm ov peis, 

hgev no: delijt tu paes sewsei de tijm, 25 

unles tu si: mij Jgedoi in de sun 

send deskgent on mijn oun deformiti : 

aend de:rfo:r, sins ij kaenot pru:v ae luver, 

tu entertaein de:z faeir wel-spo:k,n daeiz, 

ij aem determined tu pruiv ae vilaein 30 

aend hae:t de ijd,l ple(:)ziurz ov deiz daeiz. 



Act IV. Scene iii. 
de tiraenus aend bludi aekt iz dun, 
de mo:st aertj diid ov pitTus maesaeker 
daet ever jit dis laend waez gilti ov. 
dijton aend forest, hwu: ij did suborn 
tu dui dis piis ov riueful butjeri, 
ailbi:(i)t daei wer flejt vilaeinz, bludi dogz, 
melted wid tendernes aend kijnd kompaesion 
wept lijk tu: tjildren in daeir de(:)es saed stoiri. 
"o: dus," kwoe dijton, '*laei de d5ent,l baeibz:" 
"dus, dus," kwoe forest^ "girdlii] oin aenuder 
widin daeir aelaeblaester inosent aermz: 
daeir lips wer four red ro:zez on ae sta:k, 
send in daeir sumer beuti kist e:tj uder. 

Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. 11. 8 



114 From King Richard III. 

A Booke of Prayers on their pillow lay^ 
15 Which once^ (quothForrest) almoft chang 'dmy minde : 
But oh the Diuell, there the Villaine ftopt: 
When Dighton thus told on, we {mothered 
The moft replenilhed fweet worke of Nature, 
That from the prime Creation ere fhe framed. 
20 Hence both are gone with Confcience and Remorfe, 
They could not fpeake, and lo I left them both, 
To beare this tydings to the bloody King. 



Act V. Scene iv. 

Cat. Rescue my Lord of Norfolke^ Refcue, 

Refcue : ^ 
The King enacts more wonders then a man, 
Daring an oppofite to euery danger: 
His horfe is flaine, and all on foot he fights, 
& Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death: 
Refcue faire Lord, or elfe the day is loft. 

Rich. A Horfe, a Horfe^ my Kingdome for 

a Horfe. 
Gates. Withdraw my Lord, lie helpe you to 

a Horfe. 
Rich. Slaue, I haue fet my life vpon a caft, 
10 And I will ftand the hazard of the Dye: 
I thinke there be fixe Richmonds in the field, 
Fiue haue I flaine to day, in ftead of him. 
A Horfe, a Horfe, my Kingdome for a Horfe. 



^ one F, once Q. " Refcue, Refcue: a separate line. 



From King Richard III. 115 

ae bulk ov pr3ei,rz on dseir piloi Igei; 

hwitjoins/' kwoG forest, "ailmoist tjaendgd mijmijnd ; 15 

but oi! de diivil" — deir de vilaein stopt; 

hwen dijton dus tould on: "wi smuderd 

de moist replenijed swiit wurk ov ngeitiur, 

dget from de prijm kreaeisTon eir Ji frseimd." 

hens bore ser goin wid konsiens send remors; 20 

daei kuild not speik; aend so: ij left dem boie, 

tu beir dis tijdiijz tu de bludi kii). 



Act V. Scene iv. 
kseitsbi.] reskiu, mij lord ov norfouk, reskiu, 

reskiu ! 
de kii) enaekts moir wunderz den ge mgen, 
dgeirii) aen opozit tu ev(e)ri dgend^er: 
hiz hors iz slsein, gend ail on fuit hi fijts, 
siikii] for ritjmond in de Oroit ov de(i)e. 5 

reskiu, fgeir lord, or els de daei iz lost! 

ritjaerd.] ae hors! ae hors! mij kii]dum for ae 

hors! 
kaeitsbi.] wiedrai, mij lord! ijl help iu tu ae 

hors. 
ritjaerd.] slaeiv, ij haev set mij lijf upon ae kaest, 
send ij wil staend de haezaerd ov de dij: 10 

ij 0ii)k der bi siks ritjmondz in de fiild; 
fijv haev ij slaein tu-daei insted ov him. 
se hors! ae hors! mij kiijdum for as hors! 



116 From King Henry VIII. 

From King Henry VIII. 
Act III. Scene ii. 

Farewell ! i A long farewell to all my Greatneffe. 
This is the Itate of Man; to day he puts forth 
The tender Leaues of hopes, to morrow Bloffomes, 
And beares his blulhing Honors thicke vpon him : 

355 The third day, comes a Froft; a killing Froft, 
And when he thinkes, good eafie man, full furely 
His Greatneffe is a ripening, nippes his roote, 
And then he fals as I do. I haue ventured 
Like little wanton Boyes that fwim on bladders: 

360 This many Summers in a Sea of Glory, 

But farre beyond my depth : my high-blowne Pride 
At length broke vnder me, and now ha's left me 
Weary, and old with Seruice, to the mercy 
Of a rude ftreame, that muft for euer hide me. 

sesVaine pompe, and glory of this World, I hate ye, 
I feele my heart new open'd. Oh how wretched 
Is that poore man, that hangs on Princes fauors? 
There is betwixt that fmile we would afpire too. 
That fweet Afpect of Princes, and their ruine, 

370 More pangs, and feares then warres, or women haue \ 
And when he falles, he falles like Lucifer, 
Neuer to hope againe. 



^ Farewell?. 



From King Henry VIII. 117 

From King Henry VIII. 

Act III. Scene ii. 

faeirwel! ge loi) fseirwel, tu ail mij greitnes! 

dis iz de staeit ov msen : tu-dsei hi puts furO 

de tender leivz ov hoips; tu-moroi blosomz, 

aend beirz hiz blujii) onorz 0ik upon him; 

de eird daei kumz ae frost, ge kilii) frost, sss 

gend hwen hi 0ii)ks, gud eizi mgen, ful siurli 

hiz greitnes iz ee-rijpnii), nips hiz ruit, 

gend den hi failz, gez ij dui. ij hgev ventiurd, ^ 

lijk litjl waenton boiz dget swim on blaederz, 

dis mgeni sumerz in ge se: ov gloiri, aeo 

but fger bi-jond mij depG : mij hij-bloun prijd 

get lege broik under mi: gend nuw hgez left mii, 

weiri gend ould wid servis, tu de mersi 

ov ge riud streim, dget must for ever hijd mi:. 

vgein pomp gend glo:ri ov dis world, ij hge:t ji: : 365 

ij fi:l mij hgert niu o:p,nd. o: huw wretjed 

iz dget pu:r mgen dget hgeijz on prinsez fge:vorz! 

der iz, bitwikst dget smijl wi wu:ld gespijr tu:, 

dget swiit aespekt ov prinsez, gend daeir riuin, 

mo:r pgei)z gend feirz den wgerz or wimen hse:v: 370 

gend hwen hi fa:lz, hi failz hjk Husifer, 

never tu ho:p geggsin. 



Or venterd. 



118 From Coriolanus. 

From Coriolanus. 

Act V. Scene hi. 

Nay, go not from vs thus: 
If it were fo, that our requeft did tend 
To faue the Romanes, thereby to deftroy 
The Voices whom you ferue, you might condemne vs 

135 As poyfonous of your Honour. No, our fuite 
Is that you reconcile them: While the Voices 
May fay, this mercy we haue fhew'd : the Romanes, 
This we receiu'd, and each in either fide 
Giue the AU-haile to thee, and cry be Bleft 

140 For making vp this peace. Thou know'ft (great 

Sonne) 
The end of Warres vncertaine: but this certaine, 
That if thou conquer Rome, the benefit 
Which thou fhalt thereby reape, is fuch a name 
Whofe repetition will be dogg'd with Curfes: 

i45Whofe Chronicle thus writ, The man was Noble, 
But with his laft Attempt, he wip'd it out: 
Deftroy 'd his Country, and his name remaines 
To th'infuing Age, abhorr'd. Speake to me Son: 
Thou haft affected the fine ^ ftraines of Honor, 

150 To imitate the graces of the Gods. 

To teare with Thunder the wide Cheekes a'th'Ayre, 
And yet to charge ^ thy Sulphure with a Boult 
That fhould but riue an Oake. Why do 'ft not fpeake ? 
Think' ft thou it Honourable for a Nobleman 

155 Still to remember wrongs ? Daughter, fpeake you: 
He cares not for your weeping. Speake thou Boy, 

^ fine. ^ change. 



From Coriolanus. 119 

From Coriolanus. 

Act V. Scene hi. 

nasi, go: not from us dus. 
if it weir so: dget uwr rekwest did tend 
tu saeiv de roimgenz, deirbij tu destroi 
de volseiz hwuim iu serv^ iu niijt kondem us, 
aez poiznus ov iur onor: no:; uwr siut 135 

iz, daet iu rekonsijl dem: hwijl de volse:z 
maei saei "dis mersi wi haev Joud;" de roimaenz, 
"dis wi reseivd;" aend e:tj in e:der sijd 
giv de a:l-haeil tu di:, aend krij ''bi: blest 
for mae:kii) up dis pe:s!" duw knoust, greit sun, uo 

de end ov waerz unsertaein, but dis sertaein, 

daet, if duw koi]ker ru:m, de benefit 

hwitj duw Jaslt deirbij re:p iz sutj as nas:m, 

hwu:z repetisTon wil bi dogd wid kursez; 

hwu:z kronikjl dus writ: "de maen waez no:b,l, us 

but wid hiz laest aetempt hi wijpt it uwt; 

destroid hiz kuntri, aend hiz nae:m remaeinz 

tu dinsiuii) ae:d5 sebhord." spe:k tu mi:, sun: 

duw haest aefekted de fijn straeinz ov onor, 

tu imitae:t de graeisez ov de godz: iso 

tu teir wid eunder de wijd tfiiks o daeir 

aend jit tu tjaerd^ dij sulfur wid ae boult 

daet Juild but rijv aen oik. hwij dust not speik? 

eiljkst duw it on(o)raebl for ae no:b,l maen 

stil tu remember wroijz? da:ter, spe:k iu: 155 

hi kaeirz not for iur wiipig. speik duw, boi: 



120 From Coriolanus. 

Perhaps thy childilhnelfe will moue him more 
Then can our Reafons. There's no man in the world 
More bound to's Mother, yet heere he let's me prate 

160 Like one i'th' Stockes. Thou haft neuer in thy Kfe, 
Shew'd thy deere Mother any curtefie, 
When fhe (poore Hen) fond of no fecond brood, 
Ha's clock'd thee to the Warres : and fafelie home 
Loden with Honor. Say my Requeft's vniuft, 

165 And fpurne me backer But, if it be not fo 

Thou art not honei't, and the Gods will plague thee 
That thou reftrain'ft from me the Duty, which 
To a Mothers part belongs. He turnes away: 
Down Ladies: let vs Ihame him with our knees 

170 To his fur-name Coriolanus longs more pride 
Then pitty to our Prayers. Downe: an end, 
This is the laft. So, we will home to Rome, 
And dye among our Neighbours: Nay, heboid's. 
This Boy that cannot tell what he would haue, 

175 But kneeles, and holds vp hands for fellowfhip. 
Doe's reafon our Petitio i with more ftrength 
Then thou haft to deny't. Come, let vs go: 
This Fellow had a Volcean to his Mother: 
His Wife is in Corioles, and his Childe 

18 Like him by chance: yet giue vs our difpatch: 
I am hufht vntill our City be afire. 
And then He fpeak a litle. ^ 



^ & then ile fpeak a litle, not beginning a new line. 



From Coriolanus. 121 

perhaeps dij tjijldijnes wil muiv him moir 

den keen uwr reiz^nz. derz no: msen in de world 

moir buwnd tuz muder; jit heir hi lets mi prgeit 

lijk oin id stoks. duw (hge)st never in dij lijf leo 

Joud dij deir muder aeni kurtesi, 

hwen Jii, purr hen, fond ov no: sekond bruid, 

haez klokt di tu de wgerz send sgeifli hoim, 

loid^n wid onor, S3ei mij rekwests und5ust, 

send spurn mi bgek': but if it bii not so:, i65 

duw gert not onest; send de godz wil plseig di:, 

daet duw restraeinst from mi: de diuti hwitj 

tu ge muderz paert biloijz. hi turnz sewsei: 

duwn, lse:diz*, let us Jseim him wid uwr kni:z. 

tu (h)iz surnseim koriolaeinus loijz mo:r prijd 170 

den piti tu uwr prsei,rz. duwn : ^n end ; 

dis iz de laest: so: wi wil ho:m tu ruim, 

send dij semoi) uwr neiborz : ^ nsei, bihoulds : 

dis boi, dset ksenot tel hwset hi wu:ld h3e:v, 

but kni:lz send houldz up hsendz for felo:Jip, 175 

duz re:z,n uwr petisTon wid mo:r streijG 

den duw hsest tu denijt. kum, let us go: : 

dis felo: haed se volsesen tu hiz muder; 

hiz wijf iz in korij(o)le:z, send hiz t/ijld 

lijk him bij tjsens. jit giv us uwr dispsetj: iso 

ij (3e)m hujt until uwr siti bi: sefijr, 

send den ijl spe:k se lit,l. 



^ Or naeiborz. 



122 From Romeo and Juliet. 

From Romeo and Juliet. 

Act II. Scene ii. 
25 Rom. She fpeakes. 

Oh Ipeake againe bright Angell, for thou art 
As glorious to this night being ore my head, 
As is a winged melfenger of heauen 
Vnto the white vpturned wondring eyes 
30 Of mortalls that fall backe to gaze on him. 
When he beltrides the lazie puffing Cloudes, 
And failes vpon the bofome of the ayre, 

lul. O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou 

Romeo ? 
Denie thy Father and refufe thy name: 
85 Or if thou wilt not, be but fworne my Loue, 
And He no longer be a Capulet. 

Rom. Shall I heare more, or fhall I fpeake 

at this? 
lu. 'Tis but thy name that is my Enemy: 
Thou art thy felfe, though not a Motintagtie, 
40 What's Mountague? it is nor hand nor foote, 
Nor arme, nor face, nor any other part^ 
Belonging to a man.^ O be fome other name! 
What's in a name? that^ which we call a Role, 
By any other word would fmell as fweete, 
45 So Romeo would, were he not Romeo cal'd, 
Retaine that deare perfection which he owes, 
Without that title. Romeo, ^ doffe thy name, 
And for thy name which is no part of thee. 
Take all my felfe. 

^ N. a., n. f., O be fome other name QF. - Line 

ending here QF. " What ? in a names that. ^ title Romeo,. 



From Romeo and Juliet. 123 

From Romeo and Juliet. 

Act II. Scene ii. 

roimeo:.] Ji speiks: 25 

01, speik geggein, brijt aend;^! for duw gert 
sez gloinus tu dis nijt, bii(i)i) oir mij hed, 
aez iz se wigged mesend5er ov he(i)vn 
untu de hwijt-upturned wundrii) ijz 
ov mortselz d^et fail baek tu gseiz on him 30 

hwen hi bistrijdz de Iseizi pufig kluwdz 
send sgeilz upon de buizom ov de seir. 

d^iulTet.] 01 roimeoi, roimeoi ! hweirfoir aert duw 

roimeoi ? 
denij dij fseder send refiuz dij naeim; 
or, if duw wilt not, bii but sworn mij luv, 35 

send ijl no loijger bi: se kaepiulet. 

roimgo:.] Jael ij heir moir, or Jsel ij speik set 

dis? 

d5iulTet.] tiz but dij nseim dset iz mij enemi; 
duw sert dijself, dou not se muwntsegiu. 
hwsets muwnteegiu? it iz nor hsend, nor fuit, 40 

nor serm, nor fseis, nor seni uder psert 
biloi)gii) tu se msen. o:, bii sum uder nseim! 
hwsets in se nseim? dset hwitj wi kail ^ roiz 
bij seni uder word wuild smel sez swiit; 
soi roimeoi wuild, we(i)r hi not roimeoi kaild, 45 
retsein dset deir perfeksTon hwitJ hi ouz 
widuwt dset tijt,l. roimeoi, dof dij nseim, 
send for dij naeim hwitJ iz no psert ov dii 
tseik ail mijself. 



124 From Romeo and Juliet. 

Rom. I take thee at thy word : 

50 Call me but Loue, and He be new baptiz'd, 
Hence foorth I neuer will be Romeo. 

lul. Thou knoweft the maske of night is on 

my face, 
Elfe would a Maiden blufh bepaint my cheeke, 
For that which thou halt heard me Ipeake to night, 
Faine would I dwell on forme, faine, faine, denie 
What I haue fpoke, but farewell Complement, 
9oDoeft thou Loue me?i I know thou wilt fay I, 
And I will take thy word, yet if thou fwear'ft, 
Thou maieft proue falfe: at Louers periuries 
They fay loue laughs, ^ oh gentle Romeo, 
If thou doft Loue, pronounce it faithfully: 
95 Or if thou thinkeft I am too quickly wonne. 
He frowne and be peruerfe, and fay thee nay. 
So thou wilt wooe: But elfe not for the world. 
In truth faire Mountagiie I am too fond: 
And therefore thou maieft thinke my hauiour'*^ light, 
100 But truft me Gentleman, He proue more true. 
Then thofe that haue more cunning * to be ftrange, 
I fhould haue beene more ftrange, I muft confeffe. 
But that thou ouer heard'ft ere I was ware 
My true Loues paffion, therefore pardon me, 
105 And not impute this yeelding to light Loue, 
Which the darke night hath fo difcouered. 

Rom. Lady, by yonder blef fed ^ Moone I vow. 
That tips with filuer all thefe Fruite tree tops. 
Iiil. O fweare not by the Moone, th'inconftant 

Moone, 

1 me oin. F, me Q. "- laught. ■' behauiour F, h. Q. 
* coying F, more cunning Q. ^ bleffed om. F., bl. Q. 



From Romeo and Juliet. 125 

roimeo:.] ij tseik di aet dij word : 

kail mi but luv, gend ijl bi niu bgeptijzd; 50 

hensfure ij never wil bi roimeoi. 

d5iulTet.] duw knoust de maesk ov nijt iz on 85 

mij fgeis, 
els wuild se maeid^n bluj bipaeint mij tjiik 
for dget hwitj duw haest hserd mi speik tu-nijt. 
faein wuild ij dwel on form, faein, fsein denij 
hwaet ij hgev spoik: but fgeirwel kompliment! 
dust duw luv mi:? ij kno: duw wilt saei "ij," 90 

gend ij wil tgeik dij wor^: jit, if duw sweirst 
duw maeist pruiv fails; get luverz perd;iuriz, 
dgei sgei, d^oiv Igefs. 01 d5ent,l roimeoi, 
if duw dust luv, pronuwns it fgeiefuli: 
or if duw 0ii)kst ij gem tu: kwikli wun, 95 

ijl fruwn gsnd bi pervers gend saei di ngei, 
so duw wilt wui; but els, not for de world, 
in triue, fgeir muwntaegiu, ij aem tu: fond, 
gend deirfoir duw mgeist eii)k mij haeivior lijt: 
but trust mil, d5ent,l maen, ijl pruiv moir triu 100 
den do;z dget hgeiv moir kunii] tu bi strgend5. 
ij Ju:ld haev biin moir strgend^, ij must konfes, 
but daet duw overhaerdst, eir ij waez waeir, 
mij triu luvz paesTon; deirfoir pardon mil, 
gend not impiut dis jiildii) tu lijt luv, 105 

hwitJ de dgerk nijt hge0 soi diskuvered. 

roimeoi.] Iseidi, bij jonder blesed mum ij vuw 
dget tips wid silver ail deiz friut-tri: tops — 

d5iulTet.] 01, sweir not bij de mum, dinkonstaent 

mum, 



126 From Romeo and Juliet. 

110 That monethly changes in her circled Orbe, 
Lealt that thy Loue proue likewile variable. 
Rom. What fhall I fweare by? 
lul. Do not Iweare at all: 

Or if thou wilt Iweare by thy gratious lelfe, 
Which is the God of my Idolatry, 
115 And He beleeue thee. 

Rom. If my hearts deare loue. 

luli. Well do not Iweare, although I ioy in thee : 
I haue no ioy of this contract to night, 
It is too ralh, too vnaduiPd, too ludden, 
Too like the lightning which doth ceale to be 
120 Ere one can lay, it lightens, Sweete good night: 
This bud of Loue by Summers ripening breath, 
May proue a beautious Flower when next we meete : 
Goodnight, goodnight, as Iweete repole and relt, 
Come to thy heart, as that within my brelt. 
125 Rom. O wilt thou leaue me lo vnlatisfied? 
luli. What fatisfaction can'It thou haue to 

night? 
Ro. Th'exchange of thy Loues faithfull vow 

for mine. 
lul. I gaue thee mine before thou did 'ft 

requelt it: 
And yet I would it were to giue againe. 
130 Rom. Would 'It thou withdraw it? For what 

purpole Loue ? ^ 
lul. But to be franke and giue it thee againe^ 
And yet 1 wifh but for the thing I haue, 
My bounty is as boundlelfe as the Sea, 
My Loue as deepe, the more I giue to thee 
135 The more I haue, for both are Infinite. 
* * 

^ For . . . Loue? a separate line. 



From Romeo and Juliet. 127 

daet munOli tj3end5ez in her sirkled orb, no 

lest daet dij luv pruiv lijkwijz vseinaeb^l. ^ 

roimeo:.] hwset Jael ij sweir bij? 

d^iuliet.] du not sweir get ail; 

or, if duw wilt, sweir bij dij grgeisTus self, 
hwitj iz de god ov mij ijdolaetri, 
send ijl biliiv dii. 115 

roimeoi.] if mij hserts de:r luv — 

d^iulTet.] wel, du not sweir aildou ij d^oi in dii, 
ij haeiv no d5oi ov dis kontrgekt tu-nijt: 
it iz tui rsej, tui unaedvijzd, tui sudaein ; ^ 
tui lijk de lijtnii), hwitJ du9 seis tu bii 
eir oin kaen Scei *'it lijt,nz." swiit, gud nijt! 120 

dis bud ov luv, bij sumerz rijpnii] bre(i)6, 
m^i pruiv ge beutius fluwr hwen nekst wi miit. 
gud nijt, gud nijt! tez swiit repoiz aend rest 
kum tu dij hsert sez daet widin mij brest! 

roimeoi.] 01, wilt duw leiv mi soi unssetisfijd? 125 

d^iulTet.] hwaet saetisfaeksTon kaenst duw haeiv 

tu-nijt ? 

roimeoi.] dekstjaend; ov dij luvz faeieful vuw 

for mijn. 

d;iuliet.] ij gaeiv di mijn bifoir duw didst 

rekwest it: 
aend jit ij wuild it we(i)r tu giv aegaein. 

roimeoi.] wuildst duw wi6drai it? for hwaetiao 

purpos, luv? 

d5iuliet.] but tu bi fraeijk, aend giv it di aegaein. 

send jit ij wij but for de eii) ij haeiv: 

mij buwnti iz sez buwndles aez de sei, 

mij luv aez diip; de moir ij giv tu dii, 

de moir ij haeiv, for boi8 aer infinit. 135 

* * 

* 

^ Or vaeriaebQl. ^ sud,n. 



128 From Julius C/esar. 



Act V. Scene i. 



If I may truft the flattering truth of fleepe^ 
My dreames prelage fome ioyfull news at hand: 
My bofomes Lord ^ fits lightly in his throne : 
And all this day an vnaccuftom'd ^ fpirit, 
5 Lifts me aboue the ground with cheerefull thoughts. 
I dreamt my Lady came and found me dead^ 
(Strange dreamethatgiues a dead manleauetothinke^) 
And breath 'd fuch life with kiffes in my lips, 
That I reuiu'd and was an Emperour. 
10 Ah me, how fweet is loue it felfe poffeft, 
When but loues fhadowes are fo rich in ioy. 



From Julius C^.sar. 

Act III. Scene ii. 

Bru. Romans, Countrey-men, and Louers, heare 
mee for my caufe, and be filent, that you may heare. 

isBeleeue me for mine Honor, and haue refpect to 
mine Honor, that you may beleeue. Cenfure me 
in your Wifedom, and awake your Senfes, that you 
may the better ludge. If there bee any in this 
Affembly, any deere Friend of Ccejars, to him I 

20 fay, that Brutus loue to Ccefar, was no leffe then 
his. If then, that Friend demand, why Brutus 
rofe againft Ccefar, this is my anfwer: Not that I 
lou'd Ccefar leffe, but that I lou'd Rome more. Had 
you rather Ccefar were liuing, and dye all Slaues; 

^ L. - thisan day an vccuftom'd. 



Froim Julius C^sar. 129 



Act V. Scene i. 



if ij maei trust de flsetfe)rir) triuG ov sliip, 

mij dreimz presaeid^ sum d^oiful niuz aet hsend: 

mij buizomz lord sits lijtli in hiz eroin; 

send ail dis dsei gen unsekustomd spirit 

lifts mi sebuv de gruwnd wid tjeirful Gouts. 5 

ij dremt mij laeidi kgeim aend fuwnd mi ded — 

straend; dre:m, daet givz ae ded maen leiv tu eii)k ! — 

aend breidd sutj lijf wid kisez in mij lips, 

daet ij revijvd, ^nd waez aen emperor. 

aeh mi:! huw swiit iz luv itself pozest, 10 

hwen but luvz Jsedouz aer so ritj in d5oi ! 



From Julius C^sar. 

Act III. Scene ii. 

briutus.] roimaenZj kuntrimen, aend luverz ! heir 
mi for mij kaiz, aend bii sijlent, daet iu maei heir: 
biliiv mi for mijn onor, aend haeiv respekt tuis 
mijn onor, daet iu maei biliiv: sensiur mi in iur 
wizdum, aend aewaeik iur sensez, daet iu maei 
de beter d^ud;. if der bii aeni in dis aesembli, 
aeni deir frend ov seizaerz, tu him ij saei, daet 
briutus luv tu seizaer waez no les den hiz. ^ if 20 
den daet frend demaend hwij briutus roiz aegaeinst 
seizaer, dis iz mij aenswer: — not daet ij luvd sei- 
zaer les, but daet ij luvd ruim moir. haed iu 
raeder seizaer we(i)r livii) aend dij ail slaeivz, 

1 Or his. 

Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. II. 9 



130 From Julius C^sar. 

25 then that Ccefar were dead, to Hue all Free-men? 
As Ccefar lou'd mee, I weepe for him; as he 
was Fortunate, I reioyce at it; as he was Valiant, 
I honour him: But, as he was Ambitious, I flew 
him. There is Teares, for his Loue: loy, for 

30 his Fortune: Honor, for his Valour: and Death, 
for his Ambition. Who is heere fo bafe, that would 
be a Bondman ? If any, f peak, for him haue I offended. 
Who is heere fo rude, that would not be a Roman ? 

35 If any, fpeak, for him haue I offended. Who is heere 
fo vile, that will not loue his Countrey? If any, 
Ipeake, for him haue I offended. I paufe for a Reply. 

An. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me 

your ears: 
I come to bury Ccefar, not to praife him: 

80 The euill that men do. Hues after them. 
The good is oft enterred with their bones. 
So let it be with Ccefar. The Noble Brutus, 
Hath told you Ccefar was Ambitious: 
If it were fo, it was a greeuous Fault, 

85 And greeuoufly hath Ccefar anfwer'd it. 
Heere, vnder leaue of Brutus^ and the reft 
(For Brutus is an Honourable man, 
So are they all; all Honourable men) 
Come I to fpeake in Ccefars Funerall. 

90 He was my Friend, faithfull, and iuft to me; 
But Brutus fayes, he was Ambitious, 
And Brutus is an Honourable man. 
He hath brought many Captiues home to Rome, 
Whofe Ranfomes, did the generall Coffers fill: 

95 Did this in Ccefar feeme Ambitious? 
When that the poore haue cry'de, Ccefar hath wept: 



From Julius C^sar. 131 

den dset seizeer we(:)r ded, tu liv ail fri: men? gez sei-25 
zser luvd mil, ij wiip for him; aez hi wsez fortiunseit, ij 
redgois aet it; sez hi waez vaelTeent^ ij onor him; 
but, aez hi wsez sembisTus, ij sHu him. der iz teirz 
for hiz luv; d^oi for hiz fortiun; onor for hiz 
vselor; aend de(i)e for hiz gembisTon. hwui iz heir 30 
so baeis dget wuild bi ae bondmaen? if aeni, speik; 
for him haev ij ofended. hwui iz heir so riud daet 
wuild not bi ae roimaen? if aeni, speik; for him 
haev ij ofended. hwui iz heir so vijl daet wil not 35 
luv hiz kuntri? if aeni, speik; for him haev ij ofend- 
ed. ij paiz for ae replij. 

aentoni.] frendz, roimaenz, kuntrimen, lend mi 

iur eirz; 
ij kum tu beri seizaer, not tu praeiz him. 
de iivil daet men dui livz aefter dem; so 

de gud iz oft intered wid daeir boinz; 
so let it bii wi seizaer. de noib,l briutus 
haee tould iu seizaer waez aembisi-us: 
if it weir soi, it waez ae griivus failt, 
aend griivusli haee seizaer aenswerd it. 85 

heir, under leiv ov briutus aend de rest — 
for briutus iz aen onoraeb,l maen; 
so aer daei ail, ail onoraeb,! men — 
kum ij tu speik in seizaerz fiunerael. 
hi waez mij frend, faeieful aend d^ust tu mii: 90 

but briutus saeiz hi waez aembisi-us; 
aend briutus iz aen onoraeb, 1 mccn. 
hi haee brout maeni kaeptivz hoim tu ruim, 
hwQiz raensomz did de d5en(e)rael koferz fil: 
did dis in seizaer siim aembisi-us? 95 

hwen daet de puir haev krijd, seizaer haee wept: 

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130 From Julius C^sar. 

25 then that Ccefar were dead, to Hue all Free-men? 
As Ccefar lou'd mee, I weepe for him; as he 
was Fortunate, I reioyce at it ; as he was Valiant, 
I honour him: But, as he was Ambitious, I flew 
him. There is Teares, for his Loue: loy, for 

30 his Fortune : Honor , for his Valour : and Death, 
for his Ambition. Who is heere fo bafe, that would 
be a Bondman ? If any, f peak, for him haue I offended. 
Who is heere fo rude, that would not be a Roman ? 

35 If any, fpeak, for him haue I offended. Who is heere 
fo vile, that will not loue his Countrey? If any, 
fpeake, for him haue I offended. I paufe for a Reply. 

An. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me 

your ears: 
I come to bury Ccefar, not to praife him: 

80 The euill that men do. Hues after them. 
The good is oft enterred with their bones. 
So let it be with Ccefar. The Noble Brutus, 
Hath told you Ccefar was Ambitious: 
If it were fo, it was a greeuous Fault, 

85 And greeuoufly hath Ccefar anfwer'd it. 
Heere, vnder leaue of Brutus^ and the reft 
(For Brutus is an Honourable man, 
So are they all; all Honourable men) 
Come I to fpeake in Ccefar s Funerall. 

90 He was my Friend, faithfull, and iuft to me; 
But Brutus fayes, he was Ambitious, 
And Brutus is an Honourable man. 
He hath brought many Captiues home to Rome, 
Whofe Ranfomes, did the generall Coffers fill: 

95 Did this in Ccefar feeme Ambitious? 
When that the poore haue cry'de, Ccefar hath wept : 



From Julius C^sar. 131 

den daet seizser we(:)r ded, tu liv ail fri: men? sez se:-25 
zger luvd mii^ ij wiip for him; sez hi waez fortiungeit, ij 
redgois get it; sez hi waez vgeligent, ij onor him; 
butj aez hi wgez sembisTus, ij sHu him. der iz teirz 
for hiz luv; d^oi for hiz fortiun; onor for hiz 
vselor; aend de(:)0 for hiz aembision. hwu: iz heir 30 
so bseis daet wuild bi ge bondmaen? if seni, speik; 
for him haev ij ofended. hwu: iz heir so riud daet 
wuild not bi se roimgen? if eeni^ speik; for him 
hgev ij ofended. hwui iz heir so vijl daet wil not 35 
luv hiz kuntri? if seni, speik; for him haev ij ofend- 
ed. ij paiz for as replij. 

aentoni.] frendz, roimsenz, kuntrimen, lend mi 

iur eirz; 
ij kum tu beri seizaer, not tu praeiz him. 
de iivil daet men dui livz aefter dem; so 

de gud iz oft intered wid daeir boinz; 
so let it bii wi seizaer. de noib^l briutus 
hae6 tould iu seizaer waez aembisi-us: 
if it weir soi, it waez se griivus failt, 
aend griivusli hae0 seizaer aenswerd it. ss 

heir, under leiv ov briutus aend de rest — 
for briutus iz aen onoraeb,l maen; 
so aer daei ail, ail onoraeb^l men — 
kum ij tu speik in seizaerz fiunerael. 
hi waez mij frend, faeieful aend d;ust tu mii: 90 

but briutus saeiz hi waez aembisi-us; 
aend briutus iz aen onoraeb,l maen. 
hi hae6 brout maeni kaeptivz hoim tu ruim, 
hwuiz raensomz did de d5en(e)rael koferz fil: 
did dis in seizaer siim aembisi-us? 95 

hwen daet de puir haev krijd, seizaer hae6 wept: 

9* 



132 From Julius C^sar. 

Ambition fhould be made of Iterner Ituffe, 

Yet Brutus fayes, he was Ambitious: 

And Brutus is an Honourable man. 
100 You all did lee, that on the Lupercall, 

I thrice prelented him a Kingly Crowne, 

Which he did thrice refufe. Was this Ambition? 

Yet Brutus layes, he was Ambitious: 

And lure he is an Honourable man. 
105 1 Ipeake not to dilprooue what Brutus Ipoke, 

But heere I am, to Ipeake what I do know; 

You all did loue him once, not without caule, 

What caufe with-holds you then, to mourne for him ? 

O ludgement! thou art^ fled to brutifh Beafts, 
110 And Men haue loft their Reafon. Beare with me^ 

My heart is in the Coffin there with Ccefar, 

And I muft pawfe, till it come backe to me. 

But yefterday, the word of Ccefar might 
Haue ftood againft the World : Now lies he there^ 
125 And none fo poore to do him reuerence. 

Maifters! If I were difpos'd to ftirre 
Your hearts and mindes to Mutiny and Rage, 

1 fhould do Brutus wrong, and Caffius wrong: 
Who (you all know) are Honourable men. 

130 1 will not do them wrong: I rather choole 

To wrong the dead, to wrong my felfe and you, 
Then I will wrong fuch Honourable men. 
But heere 's a Parchment, with the Seale of Ccefar^ 
I found it in his Cloffet, 'tis his W'ill: 

135 Let but the Commons heare this Teltament: 
Which (pardon me) ^ I do not meane to reade, 

^ are. - (Which pardon me). 



From Julius C^sar. 133 

aembisTon Juild bi mseid ov sterner stuf: 

jit briutus sseiz hi wsez sembisi-us; 

send briutus iz sen onoraeb,! msen. 

iu a:l did si: dset on de liuperkgel loo 

ij erijs prezented him se kii)U kruwn, 

hwitj hi did erijs refiuz: wsez dis gembisTon? 

jit briutus sseiz hi waez sembisi-us; 

send, siur, hi iz sen onorseb,! msen. 

ij speik not tu dispruiv hwset briutus spoik, 105 

but heir ij sem tu speik hwset ij du knoi. 

iu a:l did luv him oins, not widuwt kaiz: 

hwset kaiz wiehouldz iu den, tu murn for him? 

01 dz,ud;ment! duw sert fled tu briutij beists, 

send men hsev lost dseir re:z,n. beir wid mi:; no 

mij hsert iz in de kofin deir wid se:zger, 

send ij must pa:z til it kum bsek tu mi:. 

but jester dsei de word ov seizser mijt 

hsev stu(:)d segseinst de world: nuw lijz hi deir, 

send no:n so puir tu du: him reverens. 125 

o: msesterz, if ij we(:)r dispoizd tu stur 

iur hserts send mijndz tu miutini send rse:d5, 

ij Ju:ld du: briutus wroi), send ksesTus wroi), 

hwui, iu a:l kno:, aer onorseb,! men. 

ij wil not du: dem wroi] ; ij rseder tju:z iso 

tu wroij de ded, tu wroi) mijself send iu, 

den ij wil wroi) sutj onorseb,! men. 

but heirz se psertjment wid de se:l ov se:zger; 

ij fuwnd it in hiz klozet, tiz hiz wil: 

let but de komonz he:r dis testaement — 135 

hwitJ, pserdon mi:, ij du not mem tu re:d — 



134 From Julius C^sar. 

And they would go and kilfe dead Ccefars wounds, 
And dip their Napkins in his Sacred Blood; 
Yea, begge a haire of him for Memory, 
140 And dying, mention it within their Willes, 
Bequeathing it as a rich Legacie 
Vnto their illue. 

i45Haue patience gentle Friends, I must not read it. 
It is not meete you know how Ccefar lou'd you: 
You are not Wood, you are not Stones, but men: 
And being men, hearing the Will of Ccefar, 
It will inflame you, it will make you mad; 

150 'Tis good you know not that you are his Heires, 
For if you fhould, O what would come of it? 

Will you be Patient? Will you ftay a-while? 
155 1 haue o're-fhot my felfe to tell you of it, 
I feare I wrong the Honourable men, 
Whofe Daggers haue ftabb'd Ccefar \ I do feare it. 

You will compell me then to read the Will: 
Then make a Ring about the Corpes of Ccefar, 
And let me fhew you him that made the Will: 
Shall I defcend? And will you giue me leaue? 

If you haue teares, prepare to fhed them now. 

You all do know this Mantle, I remember 
175 The firft time euer Ccefar put it on, 

'Twas on a Summers Euening in his Tent, 

That day he ouercame the Nervij. 

Looke, in this place ran Caffius Dagger through : 

See what a rent the enuious Caska made: 
180 Through this, the wel-beloued Brutus ftabb'd. 



From Julius Caesar. 135 

aend daei wuild go: send kis ded seizgerz wuwndz 

send dip dseir ngepkinz in hiz sgeikred blud, 

jei, beg ae haeir ov him for memorij 

aend J dijii), mensTon it widin daeir wilz, i40 

bikweidii) it aez ae ritj legaesi 

untu daeir isiu. 

haeiv paeisiens, d5ent,l frendz, ij must not reid it- 145 

it iz not milt iu kno: huw se:zaer luvd iu. 

iu aer not wud, iu aer not stoinz, but men; 

aend biiii) men, heirii) de wil ov seizaer, 

it wil inflaeim iu, it wil maeik iu maed: 

tiz gud iu kno: not daet iu aer hiz haeirz; 150 

for if iu Juild, o:, hwset wuild kum ov it! 

wil iu bi paeisient? wil iu staei aehwijl? 

ij haev oirjot mijself tu tel iu ov it: 155 

ij feir ij wrog de onoraeb^l men 

hwuiz deegerz haev staebd seizaer; ij du feir it. 

iu wil kompel mi, den, tu reid de wil? 
den maeik ae rii) aebuwt de korps ov seizaer, 
aend let mi Jo: iu him daet maeid de wil. 
Jael ij desend? aend wil iu giv mi leiv? 

if iu haev teirz, prepaeir tu Jed dem nuw. 

iu ail du kno: dis maent,l, ij remember 

de first tijm ever seizaer put it on 175 

twaez on ae sumerz iivnii], in hiz tent, 

daet daei hi overkae:m de nervi-ij: 

luik, in dis plaeis r^n kaesTus daeger erui: 

sii hwaet ae rent de envTus kaeskae maeid: 

0ru: dis de wel-biluved briutus staebd; iso 



136 From Julius C/ESar. 

And as he pluck'd his curled Steele away: 
Marke how the blood of Ccefar followed it, 
As rulhing out of doores, to be refolu'd 
If Brutus fo vnkindely knock'd, or no: 

185 For Brutus, as you know, was CoBjars Angel, 
ludge, O you Gods, how deerely Ccefar lou'd him : 
This was the moft vnkindeft cut of all. 
For when the Noble Ccefar law him (tab. 
Ingratitude, more Itrong then Traitors armes, 

190 Quite vanquilh'd him: then burft his Mighty heart, 
And in his Mantle, muffling vp his face, 
Euen at the Bale of Pompeyes Statue 
(Which all the while ran blood) great Ccefar fell. 
O what a fall was there, my Countrymen? 

195 Then I, and you, and all of vs fell downe, 
Whil'ft bloody Treafon flourifh'd ouer vs. 

now you weepe, and I perceiue you feele 
The dint of pitty: Thele are gracious droppes. 
Kinde Soules, what weepe 3^ou, when you but behold 

200 Our Ccefar s Vefture wounded ? Looke you heere, 
Heere is Himfelfe, marr'd as you fee with Traitors. 

Good Friends, Iweet Friends, let me not ftirre you vp 

215 To fuch a fodaine Flood of Mutiny: 

They that haue done this Deede, are honourable. 
What priuate greefes they haue, alas I know not, 
That made them do it : They are Wife, and Honourable, 
And will no doubt with Reafons anfwer 57'ou. 

220 1 come not (Friends) to fteale away your hearts, 

1 am no Orator, as Brutus is; 



From Julius CiESAR. 137 

aend aez hi plukt hiz kursed sti:l aewaei, 

mgerk huw de blud ov seizaer foloud it, 

sez rujii] uwt ov do:rz, tu bi rezolvd 

if briutus so unkijndli knokt, or no:*, 

for briutus, sez iu kno:, wsez seizaerz 3end5,l: iss 

dzud;, o: iu godz, huw deirli seizaer luvd him! 

dis wgez de moist unkijndest kut ov ail; 

for hwen de no:b,l seizaer sai him staeb, 

ingraetitiud, moir stroi) den traeitorz germz, 

kwijt v?ei]kv^ijt him: den burst hiz mijti haert; loo 

aend, in hiz maent,! muflii) up hiz faeis, 

iivn cet de baeis ov pompaeiz stsetiue, ^ 

hwitj ail de hv^ijl raen blud, greit seizaer fel. 

or, hwast ae fail waez deir, mij kuntrimen! 

den ij, aend iu, aend ail ov us fel duwn, 195 

hwijlst bludi treiz,n flurijt over us. 

01, nuw iu wiip; aend, ij perseiv, iu fill 

de dint ov piti: deiz aer graeisTus drops. 

kijnd souiz, hwaet, v^iip iu hwen iu but bihould 

uwr seizaerz vestiur wuwnded? luik iu heir, 200 

he:r iz himself, maerd, aez iu sii, wid traeitorz. 

gud frendz, swiit frendz, let mi not stur iu up 

tu sutj ae sud^in flud ov miutini. 215 

daei deet haev dun dis diid aer onorEeb,l : 

hwcet prijvaeit nriifs c]VQi haeiv, cclaes, ij knoi not, 

d^et m^^id dem dui(i)t: daei (ae)r wijz aend onoraeb,!, 

aend wil, no duwt, wid reiz,nz aenswer iu. 

ij kum not, frendz, tu steil aewaei iur haerts: 220 

ij aem no oraetor, aez briutus iz; 

^ Or statyia; ''' statue'' being treated as a F. word. 
Or else staetiuae, /. e. ''stattui,'' the L. form. 



138 From Macbeth. 

But (as you know me all) a plaine blunt man 
That loue my Friend, and that they know full well, 
That gaue me publike leaue to Ipeake of him: 

225 For I haue neyther wit, nor^ words, nor worth, 
Action, nor Vtterance, nor the power of Speech, 
To Itirre mens Blood. I onely fpeake right on: 
I tell you that, which you your felues do know. 
Shew you Iweet Ccefars wounds, poor poor dum 

mouths, 

230 And bid them fpeake for me : But were I Brutus, 
And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony 
Would ruffle vp your Spirits, and put a Tongue 
In euery Wound of Ccefar, that fhould moue 
The ftones of Rome, to rife and Mutiny. 



From Macbeth. 
Act I. Scene hi. 

Thunder. Enter the three Witches. 

1. Where haft thou beene. Sifter? 

2. Killing Swine. 

3. Sifter, where thou? 

1. A Saylors Wife had Cheftnuts in her Lappe, 
5 And mouncht, and mouncht, and mouncht: Giue 

me, quoth I. ^ 
Aroynt thee, Witch, the rumpe-fed Ronyon cryes. 
Her Husband's to Aleppo gone, Mafter q>'\)s\' Tiger : 
But in a Syue He thither fayle, 

1 writ nor. ^ Q\^^ me, quoth I a separate line. 



From Macbeth. 139 

but, aez iu kno: mi a:l, se plgein blunt maen, 
dset luv mij frend; cend dset dsei kno: ful wel 
dset gseiv mi publik le:v tu speik ov him: 
for ij hsev neider wit, nor wordz, nor wur0, 225 

geksion, nor ut(e)r3ens, nor de puwr ov speitj, 
tu stur menz blud: ij oinli speik rijt on; 
ij tel iu dget hwitj iu iurselvz da kno:; 
Jo: iu swi:t se:zgerz wuwndz, pu:r pu:r dum 

muwdz, 
send bid dem spe:k for mi:: but we(:)r ij briutus, 230 
send briutus sentoni, der we(:)r sen sentoni 
wuild rufjl up iur spir(i)ts send put se tui) 
in ev(e)ri wuwnd ov se:z3er dset Ju:ld mu:v 
de sto:nz ov ru:m tu rijz csnd miutini. 



From Macbeth. 
Act I. Scene hi. 

[eunder. enter de erii witjez.] 

first witj.] hweir hsest duw bi:n, sister? 

sekond witJ.] kilir) swijn. 

eird witJ.] sister, hwe:r duw? 

first witJ. J se sseilorz wijf hsed tjes(t)nuts in her Isep 
send muwntjt, send muwntjt, send muwntjt: — "giv 

mi:," kwo0 ij. 
"seroint di:, witJ!" de rump-fed runion krijz. 
her huzbsendz tu selepo: go:n, msester od tijger: 
but in se siv ijl deder sseil, 



140 From Macbeth. 

And like a Rat without a tayle, 
10 He doe, He doe, and He doe. 

2. He giue thee a Winde. 
1. Th'art kinde. 

3. And 1 another. 

1. I my lelfe haue all the other, 
15 And the very Ports they blow, 

All the Quarters that they know, 

rth' Ship-mans Card. 

I wilP dreyne him drie as Hay: 

Sleepe Ihall neyther Night nor Day 
20 Hang vpon his Pent-houle Lid: 

He Ihall hue a man forbid: 

Wearie Seu'nights, nme times nine, 

Shall he dwindle, peake, and pine: 

Though his Barke cannot be loft, 
25 Yet it fhall be Tempeft-toft. 

Looke what I haue. 

2. Shew me, fhew me. 

1. Here I haue a Pilots Thumbe, 

Wrackt, as homeward he did come. Drtim within. 
30 3. A Drumme, a Drumme: 

Macbeth doth come. 

All. The weyward Sifters, hand in hand, 

Pofters of the Sea and Land, 

Thus doe goe, about, about, 
35 Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, 

And thrice againe, to make vp nine. 

Peace, the Charme's wound vp. 



He. 



From Macbeth. 141 

send, lijk se rget widuwt se tseil, 

ijl du:, ijl du:, send ijl dui. lo 

sekond witj.] ijl giv di se wijnd. 

first witJ.] dsert kijnd. 

eird wit J.] send ij aenuder. 

first witJ.] ij mijself hgeiv ail de uder, 
send de veri ports daei bloi, 15 

ail de kwserterz dset daei kno: 
id Jipmsenz kserd. 
ij wil draein him drij aez haei: 
sliip Jael neider nijt nor dsei 

haeg upon hiz pent-huws lid; 20 

hi Jael liv se maen forbid: 
weiri sevnijts nijn tijmz nijn 
Jael hi dwind,l, pe:k aend pijn: 
dou hiz baerk kaenot bi lost, 

jit it Jael bi tempest-tost. 25 

lu:k hwaet ij haeiv. 

sekond witJ.] Jo: mi:, Jo: mi:. 

first witJ.] he:r ij haeiv ae pijlots Bum, 
wrekt aez hoimwaerd hi did kum. [drum widin. 

eird witJ.] ae drum, ae drum ! 30 

maekbee du0 kum. 

a:l.] de waeiwaerd sisterz, haend in haend, 
po:sterz ov de sei aend laend, 
dus du go: aebuwt, aebuwt: 

Grijs tu dijn aend erijs tu mijn 35 

aend erijs aegaein, tu maeik up nijn. 
pe:sl de tjsermz wuwnd up. 



142 From Macbeth. 

Act I. Scene vii. 
Mach. If it were done, when 'tis done, then 

'twer well, 
It were done quickly: If th'AIIalfination 
Could trammell vp the Conlequence, and catch 
With his furceafe, Succelle: that but this blow 
5 Might be the be all, and the end all : Heere, ^ 
But heere, vpon this Banke and Schoole of time, 
Wee'ld iumpe the life to come. But in thefe Cafes, 
We ftill haue iudgement heere, that we but teach 
Bloody Inftructions, which being taught, returne 

10 To plague thTnuenter. This euen-handed luftice 
Commends th'Ingredience of our poyfon'd Challice 
To our owne lips. Hee's heere in double truft; 
Firft, as I am his Kinfman, and his Subiect, 
Strong both againft the Deed : Then, as his Hoft, 

15 Who fhould againft his Murtherer fhut the doore, 
Not beare the knife my felfe. Befides, this Duncane 
Hath borne his Faculties fo meeke; hath bin 
So cleere in his great Office, that his Vertues 
Will pleade like Angels, Trumpet-tongu'd againft 

20 The deepe damnation of his taking off: 
And Pitty, like a naked New-borne-Babe, 
Striding the blaft, or Heauens Cherubin, hors'd 
Vpon the fightleffe Curriors of the Ayre, 
Shall blow the horrid deed in euery eye, 

%:, That teares fhall drowne the winde. I haue no Spurre 
To pricke the fides of my intent, but onely 
Vaulting Ambition, which ore-leapes it felfe, 
And falles on th' other. How now? What Newes? ^ 

^ end all. Heere,. - How now? W^hat Newes? a 
separate line. 



From Macbeth. 143 

Act I. Scene vir. 
maekbed.] if it we(:)r dun hwen tiz dun, den 

twe(:)r wel 
it we(i)r dun kwikli: if dsesaesingeisTon 
kuild trgem,l up de konsekwens, aend ksetj 
wid hiz surseis sukses; daet but dis bio: 
mijt bi de bi:-a:l gend de end-a:l: heir, 5 

but heir, upon dis bseijk send skuil ov tijm, 
wiild d5ump de Hjf tu kum. but in deiz kseisez 
wi stil hsev d5ud5ment heir; daet wi but teitj 
bludi instruksTonz, hwitj, biiii) tait, return 
tu plaeig dinventor: dis iiv,n-hgended d5ustis 10 

komendz dingreidiens ov uwr poiz,nd tjselis 
tu uwr oun hps. hiiz heir in dub,l trust; 
first, 3ez ij sem hiz kinzmgen send hiz subd^ekt, 
stroi) bo:0 gegseinst de diid; den, gez hiz hoist, 
hwui Juild seggeinst hiz murderer Jut de doir, 15 

not beir de knijf mijself. bisijdz, dis durjkaen 
haee born hiz fgekultiz so miik, hse0 bi(i)n 
so kleir in hiz greit ofis, dget hiz vertiuz 
wil pleid hjk aend^elz, trumpet-tui)d, geggeinst 
de di:p daemnaeisTon ov hiz tgeikig-of; 20 

send piti, hjk se nseiked niu-born baeib, 
strijdii] de blsest, or he(i)v,nz tjeriubin, horst 
upon de sijtles kuriorz ^ ov de aeir, 
Jsel bloi de horid diid in ev(e)ri ij, 
dset teirz Jsel druwn de wijnd. ij hseiv no spur 25 
tu prik de sijdz ov mij intent, but oinli 
vailtir) sembisTon, hwitj oirleips itself 
send failz on duder. — huw nuw! hwset niuz? 

^ kurierz. 



144 From Macbeth. 

La. He has almolt lupt: why haue you left 

the chamber? 
30 Mac. Hath he ask'd for me? 

La. Know you not, he ha's? 

Mac. We will proceed no further in this 

Bulinef le : 
He hath Honour' d me of late, and I haue bought 
Golden Opinions from all forts of people, 
Which would be worne now in their neweft gloffe, 
35 Not caft afide fo foone. 

La. Was the hope drunke, 

Wherein you dreft your felfe ? Hath it flept fince ? 
And wakes it now to looke fo greene, and pale, 
At what it did fo freely? From this time. 
Such I account thy loue. Art thou affear'd 
40 To be the fame in thine owne Act, and Valour, 
As thou art in defire? Would'ft thou haue that 
Which thou efteem'ft the Ornament of Life, 
And liue a Coward in thine owne Efteeme? 
Letting I dare not, wait vpon I would, 
45 Like the poore Cat i'th'Addage. 

Macb. Prythee peace: 

I dare do all that may become a man, 
Who dares do^ more, is none. 



Act II. Scene i. 
Is this a Dagger, which I fee before me. 
The Handle toward my Hand? Come, let me 

clutch thee: 
35 1 haue thee not, and yet I fee thee ftill. 

' no. 



From Macbeth. 145 

Iseidi.] hi hgez ^ ailmoist supt : hwij haev iu left 

de tjaember? 
msekbee]. hse0 hi geskt for mii? ao 

Iseidi.] kno: iu not hi haez? 

maekbee.] wi wil prosiid no furder in dis biznes : 

hi haee^ onord mi: ov Igeit, aend ij haev bout 

gould,n opinTonz from a:l sorts ov pi:p,l, 

hwitj wuild bi worn nuw in daeir niuest glos, 

not kaest aesijd so sum. as 

laeidi.] wsez de hoip drugk 

hweirin iu drest iurself? hae0 it slept sins? 
aend waeiks it nuw, tu luik so grim aend paeil 
aet hwaet it did so friili? from dis tijm 
sutj ij aekuwnt dij luv. aert duw aefeird 
tu bi de saeim in dijn oun aekt aend vaelor 40 

sez duw aert in dezijr? wuildst duw haeiv daet 
hwitJ duw estiimst de ornaement ov lijf, 
send liv ae kuwaerd in dijn oun estiim, 
letig "ij daeir not" waeit upon ''ij wuild," 
lijk de puir kaet id aedae(i)d5? 45 

maekbee.] pridii, peis: 

ij daeir du: a:l dset maei bikum ae maen: 
hwu: daeirz du: moir iz nom. 



Act II. Scene i. 
iz dis ae daeger hwitJ ij si: bifoir mi:, 
de haendjl to:rd mij haend ? kum, let mi klutj di:. 

ij haeiv di: not, aend jit ij si: di: stil. 35 

1 hi:z. 2 y,Q 

Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. II. 10 



146 From Macbeth. 

Art thou not fatall Vifion, fenfible 
To feeling, as to light? or art thou but 
A Dagger of the Minde, a falfe Creation, 
Proceeding from the heat-oppreffed Braine? 

40 1 fee thee yet, in forme as palpable. 
As this which now I draw. 
Thou mar f hair ft me the way that I was going, 
And fuch an Inftrument I was to vfe. 
Mine Eyes are made the fooles o'th' other Sences"' 

45 Or elfe worth all the reft: I fee thee ftill; 
And on thy Blade, and Dudgeon, Gouts of Blood, 
Which was not fo before. There's no fuch thing: 
It is the bloody Bufineffe, which informes 
Thus to mine Eyes 



Act V. Scene hi. 

Much 

How do's your Patient, Doctor? 

Doct. Not fo ficke my Lord, 

As fhe is troubled with thicke-comming Fancies 
That keepe her from her reft. 

Macb. Cure her of ^ that: 

4oCan'ft thou not Minifter to a minde difeas'd, 
Plucke from the Memory a rooted Sorrow, 
Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, 
And with fome fweet Obliuious Antidote 
Cleanfe the ftufft bofome, of that perillous ftuffe 

45 Which weighes vpon the heart? 



^ Cure of. 



From Macbeth. 147 

aert duw not, faeitsel vizTon, sensibj 

tu fiilir) 3ez tu sijt? or sert duw but 

ae daeger ov de mijnd, ae fails kreae:sion, 

prosiidii) from de heit-opresed braein? 

ij si: di: jit, in form aez paelpaeb^l 40 

aez dis hwitj nuw ij dra:. 

duw maerjaelst mi de wsei daet ij waez go:il); 

aend sutj aen instriument ij waez tu iuz. 

mijn ijz aer maeid de fuilz o duder sensez, 

or els wur8 ail de rest; ij si: dii stil, 46 

aend on dij blaeid aend dud^on guwts ov blud, 

hwitJ waez not so: bifoir. derz no: sutJ 0ii) : 

it iz de bludi biznes hwitJ informz 

dus tu mijn ijz 



Act V. Scene hi. 

maekbee.] 

huw duz iur paeisTent, doktorV 

doktor.] not so sik, mij lord, 

aez Ji iz trub,ld wid 0ik-kumii] faensiz, 
daet kiip her from her rest. 

maekbee.] kiur her ov daet. 

kaenst duw not min(i)ster tu ae mijnd dizeizd, 40 

pluk from de memori ae ruited soroi, 
raeiz uwt de writ,n trub,lz ov de braein 
aend wid sum swiit oblivius asntidoit 
klens de stuft bu(:)zom ov daet per(i)lus stuf 
hwitJ waeiz upon de haert? 45 



10' 



148 From Hamlet. 

From Hamlet. 

Act I. Scene ii. 

Oh that this too too lolid Flefh^ would melt, 

130 Thaw, and relolue it lelfe into a Dew: 
Or that the Euerlalting had not fixt 
His Cannon 'gainft Selfe-Ilaughter. O God, O Godt 
How weary, Itale, flat, and vnprofitable 
Seemes to me all the vies of this world? 

135 Fie on't! Oh fie, ^ 'tis an vnweeded Garden 
That growes to Seed: Things rank, and grolle in 

Nature 
PoIIelfe it meerely. That it Ihould come to this: 
But two months dead : Nay, not fo much ; not two, 
So excellent a King, that was to this 

iA:oHiperion to a Satyre: lo louing to my Mother, 
That he might not beteeme ^ the windes of heauen 
Vifit her face too roughly. Heauen and Earth !^ 
Muft I remember: why Ihe would hang on him,. 
As if encreale of Appetite had growne 

145 By what it fed on; and yet within a month? 
Let me not thinke on't : Frailty, thy name is woman, 
A little Month, or ere thole fhooes were old. 
With which Ihe followed my poore Fathers body 
Like Niohe, all teares. Why Ihe, euen Ihe, 

150 (O Heauen ! A bealt that wants dilcourle of Realon 
Would haue mourn'd longer) married with mine 

Vnkle, 
My Fathers Brother : but no more like my Father^ 
Then I to Hercules. Within a Moneth? 

1 Fie on't? Oh fie, fie F, Fie on't, ah fie, Q^. ^ be- 
teene is beteeme jQa- ^ ^o stop Q^F. 



From Hamlet. 149 

From Hamlet. 

Act I. Scene ii. 

or, daet dis tui tu: solid flej wuild melt, 
ea: gend rezolv itself intu ae deu! lao 

or daet de everlaestii) hged not fikst 
hiz kgenon gaeinst self-slaiter ! o god! o god! 
huw weiri, staeil^ flaet aend unprofitaeb,l 
siimz tu mi a:l de iusez ov dis world ! 
fij ont! o: fij! tiz aen unwiided gaerd,n 135 

daet grouz tu siid; 0ii)z raegk aend grois in 

naeitiur 
pozes it miirli. daet it Juild kum tu dis! 
but tu: munes ded: naei^ not so mutj, not tui: 
so ekselent ae kii) : daet waez, tu dis, 
hijpeirion tu ae saeitir; so luvii) tu mij muder i4o 

daet hi mijt not bitiim de wijndz ov he(i)vn 
vizit her faeis tu rufli. he(:)vn send e(i)re ! 
must ij remember? hwij, Ji wuild hseij on him, 
aez if inkreis ov aepetijt hsed groun 
bij hwaet it fed on: aend jit, widin ae munG — U5 

let mi not eii]k ont — fraeilti, dij nasim iz wumaen ! — 
ae litjl mune, or eir doiz Ju;z wer ould 
wid hwitj Ji foloud mij pu;r fasderz bodi, 
lijk nijobei, ail teirz: — hwij Jii, iivn Ji: — 
o: he(i)vn! ae beist, daet waents diskuirs ov re:z,n, 150 
wuild haev murnd logger — mserid wid mijn ui]k,l, 

mij faederz bruder, but no moir lijk mij faeder 
den ij tu herkiuleiz : widin ae mun6 : 



150 From PIamlet. 

Ere yet the fait of moft vnrighteous Teares 
155 Had left the flufhing of her gauled eyes, 
She married 



Act I. Scene hi. 

Give thy thoughts no tongue, 

60 Nor any vnproportion'd thought his Act: 
Be thou famiUar- but by no meanes vulgar: 
The friends thou haft, and their adoption tride, 
Grapple them to thy Soule, with hoopes of Steele : 
But doe not dull thy palme, with entertainment 

65 Of each new hatch't, ^ vnfledg'd Comrade. Beware 
Of entrance to a quarrell: but being in 
Bear't that th'oppofed may beware of thee. 
Giue euery man thine eare; but few thy voyce: 
Take each mans cenlure ; but referue thy iudgement : 

ToCoftly thy habit as thy purfe can buy; 
But not expreft in fancie; rich, not gawdie: 
For the Apparell oft proclaimes the man. 
And they in France of the beft ranck and ftation^ 
Are moft^ felect and generous chiefs in that. 

75 Neither a borrower, nor a lender be; 
For lone oft lofes both it lelfe and friend: 
And borrowing duls the edge of Husbandry. 
This aboue all; to thine owne felfe be true: 
And it muft follow, as the Night the Day, 

80 Thou canft not then be falfe to any man. 



^ vnhatch't F, new hatcht Q-i. ^ Are of a moft. ^ cheff. 



From Hamlet. 151 

e:r jit de sailt ov moist unrijtms te:rz 

hged left de flujii) ov her ga:led ijz, 155 

Ji mserid 



Act L Scene hi. 

giv dij eouts no: tui), 
nor seni unproporsiond Gout hiz gekt. eo 

bii duw faemilTaer, but bij no: meinz vulgger. 
de frendz duw haest, asnd dseir sedopsTon trijd, 
grgepjl dem tu dij soul wid huips ov sti:l-, 
but dui not dul dij paim wid entertaeinment 
ov eitj niu-haetjt, unfled5d komraeid. biwaeir es 

ov entraens tu ae kwaerel, but bi:(i)i) in, 
beirt daet dopoized msei biwaeir ov dii. 
giv ev(e)ri maen dijn e:r, but feu dij vois; 
taeik eitj maenz sensiur, but rezerv dij d5ud5ment. 
kostli dij haebit aez dij purs kaen bij, 70 

but not eksprest in faensi; ritj, not gaidi*, 
for de aepaerel oft proklaeimz de maen, 
aend daei in fraens ov de best raeijk aend staeision 
aer moist selekt aend d5en(e)rus, tjiif in daet. 
neider ae boroer, nor ae lender bii; 75 

for loin oft luizez boiG itself aend frend, 
aend boroii) dulz de ed; ov huzbaendri. 
dis aebuv ail: tu dijn oun self bii triu, 
aend it must foloi, aez de nijt de daei, 
duw kaenst not den bi fails tu aeni maen. so 



152 From Hamlet. 



Act III. Scene i. 



To be, or not to be, that is the Queftion: 
Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde to luffer 
The SHngs and Arrowes of outragious Fortune, 
Or to take Armes againit a Sea of troubles, 

60 And by oppoling end them: to dye, to fleepe, 
No more; and by a Ileepe, to fay we end 
The Heart-ake, and the thoufand Naturall Ihockes 
That Flelh is hey re too? 'Tis a conlummation 
Deuoutly to be wifh'd. To dye, to Ileepe, 

65 To fleepe, perchance to Dreame; I, there's the rub, 
For in that fleepe of death, what dreames may come, 
When we haue fhuffel'd^ off this mortall coile. 
Mult giue vs pawfe. There's the refpect 
That makes Calamity of fo long life: 

70 For who would beare the Whips and Scornes of time, 
The Opprellors wrong, the proude ^ mans Contumely, 
The pangs of difpriz'd Loue, the Lawes delay, 
The infolence of Office, and the Spurnes 
That patient merit of the vnworthy takes, 

75 When he himfelfe might his Quietus make 
With a bare Bodkin? Who would thefe Fardles 

beare 
To grunt and fweat vnder a weary life. 
But that the dread of fomething after death, 
The vndilcouered Countrey, from whofe Borne 

80 No Traueller returnes, Puzels the will. 
And makes vs rather beare thole illes we haue, 
Then flye to others that we know not of. 
Thus Confcience does make Cowards of vs all. 
And thus the Natiue hew of Relolution 

^ [hufflel'd. ^ poore F, proude Q%. 



From Hamlet. 153 



Act III. Scene i. 



tu bi:, or not tu bii: dget iz de kwestion: 

hweder tiz noibler in de mijnd tu sufer 

de sliijz gend gerouz ov uwtr9eid5ius fortiun, 

or tu tseik germz geggeinst ae se: ov trub^lz, 

gend bij opoizii) end dem. tu dij: tu sliip; eo 

no moir; gend bij ae sliip tu sgei wi end 

de hgert-geik gend de Guwzaend ngetiurgel Joks 

dget flej iz hgeir tu:, tiz ge konsumgeisTon 

devuwtli tu bi wijt. tu dij, tu sliip; 

tu sliip: pertjgens tu dreim: ij, deirz de rub; 65 

for in dget sliip ov de(i)0 hwget dreimz maei kum 

hwen wi hgev Juf,ld of dis mortgel koil, 

must giv us paiz: de(i)rz de respekt 

dget mgeiks kgelgemiti ov so loi) lijf; 

for hwui wuild beir de hwips gend skornz ov tijm, 70 

dopresorz wroi), de pruwd mgenz kontium(e)li, 

de pgei)z ov disprijzd luv, de laiz delgei, 

de insolens ov ofis send de spurnz 

dget pgeisTent merit ov d(e) unwurdi tgeiks, 

hwen hi himself mijt hiz kwijeitus mgeik 75 

wid se bgeir bodkin ? hwui wuild deiz fgerd,lz beir, 

tu grunt gend swe(i)t under ge weiri lijf, 

but daet de dre(i)d ov sumGii] gefter de(:)6^ 

de undiskuverd kuntri from hwuiz born 

no trgeveler returnz, puz,lz de wil so 

send maeiks us rgeder beir doiz ilz wi hgeiv 

den flij tu uderz daet wi kno: not ov? 

dus konsiens duz maeik kuwgerdz ov us ail; 

send dus de naeitiv hiu ov rezoliusion 



154 From Hamlet. 

85 Is licklied o're, with the pale calt of Thought, 
And enterprizes of great pith and moment, 
With this regard their Currants turne away. 
And loole the name of Action 



Act III. Scene ii. 

Ham. Speake the Speech I pray you, as I 
pronounc'd it to you trippingly on the Tongue: 
But if you mouth it, as many of your Players do, 
I had as Hue the Town-Cryer had fpoke my Lines : 

5 Nor do not faw the Ayre too much with^ your 
hand thus, but vfe all gently: for in the verie 
Torrent, Tempeft, and (as I may fay) the Whirle- 
winde of Paffion, you muft acquire and beget a 
Temperance that may giue it Smoothnelfe. O it 

10 offends mee to the Soule, to fee a robuftious Pery- 
wig-pated Fellow, teare a Paffion to tatters, to verie 
ragges, to fplit the eares of the Groundlings : who 
(for the moft part) are capeable of nothing, but 
inexplicable dumbe fhewes, and noife : I could haue 

isfuch a Fellow whipt for o're-doing Termagant: it 
out-Herod's Herod. Pray you auoid it. 
Player. I warrant your Honor. 
Ham. Be not too tame neyther : but let your 
owne Difcretion be your Tutor. Sute the Action 

20 to the Word, the Word to the Action, with this 
fpeciall obferuance: That you ore-ftep^ not the 
modeftie of Nature; for any thing fo ouer-done, 
is from the purpofe of Playing, whofe end both at 

^ with om. Fj with Qq. " ore-ftop i% ore-fteppe Q^^ 



From Hamlet. 155 

iz siklid oir wid de pseil ksest ov 0out, 85 

gend enterprijzez ov greit pie send moiment 

wid dis regserd daeir kursents turn sewaei, 

tend luiz de nseim ov seksTon 



Act III. Scene ii. 

hsemlet.] speik de spiitj, ij praei iu^ gez ij 
pronuwnst it tu iu , tripiijli on de tui) : but if 
iu muwd it, gez maeni ov iur plaeierz dui, ij haed 
sez liv de tuwn-krijer haed spoik mij lijnz. nor 
du: not sa: de aeir tui mutj wid iur haend, dus, 5 
but iuz ail d^entli; for in de veri torent, tem- 
pest, aend aez ij maei saei, de hwirl-wijnd ov 
paesion, iu must aekwijr aend biget ae temperaens 
daet maei giv it smuidnes. oi, it ofendz mi tu 
de soul tu si: ge robustius periwig -paeited feloi 10 
teir ae paesTon tu taeterz, tu veri raegz, tu split 
de eirz ov de gruwndligz, hwu: for de moist 
paert aer kaeipaeb,! ov nueii) but ineksplikaeb,l dum- 
Jouz aend noiz: ij kuild haeiv sutj ae feloi hwipt 
for oirduiii) termaegaent; it uwt-herodz herod : praei 
iu, aevoid it. 

plaeier.] ij waeraent iur onor. 
haemlet.] bii not tu: taeim neider, but let iur 
oun diskresion bi: iur tiutor: siut de aeksTon2a 
tu de word, de word tu de aeksTon; wid dis 
spesiael observaens, daet iu oirstep not de mo- 
desti ov naeitiur: for aeni eii) so: overdun iz 
from de purpo:s ov plaeiii) , hwu:z end , bo:8 aet 



156 From Hamlet. 

the firit and now, was and is, to hold as 'twer the 

25Mirrour vp to Nature; to Ihew Vertue her owne 
Feature, Scorne her owne Image, and the verie Age 
and Bodie of the Time, his forme and preflure. Now, 
this ouer-done, or come tardie off, though it make 
the vnskilfuU laugh, cannot but make the ludicious 

^0 greeue *, The cenlure of the which One, muft in your 
allowance o 're- way a whole Theater of Others. Oh, 
there bee Players that I haue feene Play, and heard 
others praife, and that highly (not to fpeake it 
prophanely) that neyther hauing the accent of 

35 Chriftians, nor the gate of Chriftian, Pagan, nor man,^ 
haue lo ftrutted and bellowed, that I haue thought 
fome of Natures louerney-men had made men, and 
not made them well, they imitated Humanity fo 
abhominably. 

40 Play. I hope we haue reformed that indiffe- 
rently with vs. Sir. 

Ham. O reforme it altogether. And let thofe 
that play your Clownes, fpeake no more then is 
fet downe for them. For there be of them, that 

45 will themfelues laugh, to fet on fome quantity of 
barren Spectators to laugh too, though in the meane 
time, fome neceffary Queftion of the Play be then to 
be confidered : that's Villanous, and fhewes a moft 
pittifull Ambition in the Foole that vies it. Go 

50 make you readie. 



^ or Norman Fj nor man Q2. 



From Hamlet. 1&7 

de first aend nuw, wsez send iz, tu hoild, gez twe(i)r, 
de miror up tu nseitiur; tu Jo: vertiu her oun25 
feitiur, skorn her oun imsed;, send de veri aeid; 
gend bodi ov de tijm hiz form send presiur. nuw 
dis overdun, or kum taerdi of, dou it maeik de 
unskilful Isef, kaenot but maeik de d5iudisius griiv, 
de sensiur ov de hwitj o:n must in iur seluwgensao- 
oirwaei ae hoil eeiaeter ov uderz. oi, der bi 
plgeierz dset ij hgev siin plgei, aend haerd uderz 
praeiz, send dset hijii, not tu speik it profseinli, 
dset, neider hseivii) de seksent ov kristisenz nor 
de gseit ov kristisen, pseigsen, nor msen, hsev so: 35 
struted send beloud dset ij hsev eout sum ov 
nae:tiurz d5urnimen hsed m3e:d men send not 
m8e:d dem wel, dsei imit3e:ted hiumseniti so: 
sebominsebli. 

plseier.] ij ho:p wi hsev reformd dset indife-4o 
rentli wid us, sir. 

hsemlet.] o:, reform it a:ltugeder. send let 
do:z dset plsei iur kluwnz spe:k no: moir den iz 
set duwn for dem; for der bi: ov dem dset wil 
demselvz Isef, tu set on sum kwsentiti ov bseren45- 
spektseitorz tu Isef tu:; dou in de me:n tijm, 
sum nesesseri kwestion ov de plsei bi: den tu bi 
konsiderd: dsets vilsenus, send Jouz se mo:st 
pitiful sembisTon in de fu:l dset iuzez it. go:,, 
mse:k iu re(:)di. 



158 From King Lear. 

Act IV. Scene v. 
How fhould I your true loue know 
From another one? 
25 By his Cockle hat and ftaffe, 
And his Sandal Ihoone. ^ 

He is dead and gone Lady, 
30 He is dead and gone, 

At his head a grafle-greene Turfe, 
At his heeles a Itone. ^ 

35 White his Shrow'd as the Mountaine Snow, 
Larded with Iweet flowers: 
Which bewept to the graue did go, ^ 
With true-loue Ihowres. 



From King Lear. 
Act hi. Scene ii. 
Blow windes, and crack your cheeks ; Rage, blow 
You Cataracts, and Hyrricano's fpout. 
Till you haue drench 'd our Steeples, drown'd*the 

Cockes. 
You Sulph'rous and Thought-executing Fires, 
sVaunt-curriors of Oake-cleauing Thunder-bolts, 
Sindge my white head. And thou all f baking Thunder, 
Strike flat the thicke Rotundity o'thVorld, 
Cracke Natures moulds, all germaines fpill at once 
That makes ingratefuU Man. 



' LI. 23 to 26 two lines. ^ LI. 29 to 32 two lines. 
^ did not go QqF. * drown Fj drown'd Q. 



From King Lear. 159 

Act IV. Scene v. 
huw Juild ij iur triu-luv kno: 

from genuder oin? 
bij hiz kok,l haet send stgef, 25 

aend hiz saendael Juin. 

hi iz ded gend goin, laeidi, 

hi iz ded aend goin; so 

aet hiz hed ae graes-griin turf, 

aet hiz hiilz ae stoin. 

hwijt hiz Jruwd aez de muwntaein snoi, as 

laerded wid swi:t fluwrz; 
hwitj biwept tu d(e) graeiv did goi 

wid triu-luv Juwrz. 



From King Lear. 

Act III. Scene ii. 
bio:, wijndz, aend kraek iur tjiiks! raeid; ! bio: ! 
iu kaetaeraekts aend hurikae:no:z, spuwt 
til iu haev drentjt uwr sti:p,lz, druwnd de koks! 

iu sulfrus aend Gout-eksekiutii] fijrz, 

vaint-kurTorz ov o:k-kle:viri eunder-boults, 

sind; mij hwijt hed! aend duw, a:l-Jae:kii) Sunder, 

strijk flaet de 6ik rotunditi od world! 

kraek naeitiurz mouldz, a:l d5ermaeinz spil aet oins 

daet maeiks ingraeitful maen. 



160 From King Lear. 

Rumble thy belly full: Ipit Fire, Ipowt Raine: 
15 Nor Raine, Winde, Thunder, Fire are my Daughters ; 
I taxe not you, you Elements with vnkindneffe. 
I neuer gaue you Kingdome, call'd you Children; 
You owe me no lubfcription. Then let fall 
Your horrible pleafure. Heere I ftand your Slaue, 
20 A poore, infirme, weake, and difpis'd old man: 
But yet I call you Seruile Minifters, 
That will with two pernicious Daughters ioyne 
Your high-engender'd Battailes, 'gainft a head 



So old, and white as this. 



Act IV. Scene vi. 

How fearefull 
And dizie 'tis, to calt ones eyes fo low. 
The Crowes and Choughes, that wing the midway ayre 
Shew fcarfe fo groffe as Beetles. Halfe way downe 

15 Hangs one that gathers Sampire : dreadfull Trade : 
Me thinkes he feemes no bigger then his head. 
The Fifhermen, that walke^ vpon the beach 
Appeare like Mice : and yond tall Anchoring Barke, 
Diminifh'd to her Cocke: her Cocke, a Buoy 

20 Almoft too fmall for fight. The murmuring Surge^ 
That on th'vnnumbred idle Pe: ble chafes 
Cannot be heard fo high. He looke no more, 
Leaft my braine turne, and the deficient fight 
Topple downe headlong. 



1 walk'd F, walke Q. 



From King Lear. 161 

rumbjl dij beliful! spit, fijr! spuwt, rsein! 

nor rgein, wijnd, eunder, fij,r, ger mij daiterz: 15 

ij taeks not iu, iu el(e)ments, wid unkijndnes; 

ij never gasiv iu kiijduni, kaild iu tjildren, 

iu o: mi no: subskripsion : den let fail 

iur hor(i)bl ple(:)ziur; heir ij staend, iur slseiv, 

se puir, infirm, we:k, aend dispijzd ould mgen: 20 

but jit ij kail iu servil ministerz, 

daet wil wid tui pernisTus daiterz d5oin 

iur hij ind^enderd bxt,lz ggeinst as bed 

so ould aend hwijt aez dis. 



Act IV. Scene vi. 

huw feirful 
send dizi tiz, tu kaest oinz ijz so lo: ! 
de krouz aend tjufs daet wii) de midwaei aeir 
Jo: skaers so grois aez bi:t,lz: haif waei duwn 
haeijz oin daet gaederz saempijr, dre(i)dful traeid! 15 
mi eiijks hi si:mz no biger den hiz hed : 
de fijermen, daet waik upon de beitj, 
aepeir lijk mijs; aend jond tail aei)k(o)rii] baerk, 
diminijt tu her kok; her kok, as bwoi 
ailmoist tui small for sijt: de murm(u)rii) surd5, 20 
daet on dunnumbred ijd,l peb,l tjasifs, 
kaenot bi haerd so hij. ijl luik no moir; 
le(:)st mij braein turn, aend de defisTent sijt 
top,l duwn hedloi). 



Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. II. |1 



162 From King Lear. 

Act V. Scene iii. 

Lear. Howle, howle, howle, howle : ^ O you ^ 

are men of ftones, 
Had I your tongues and eyes, Il'd vie them fo, 
That Heauens vault fhould crack: Ihe's gone foreuer. 
260 1 know when one is dead, and when one Hues, 
She's dead as earth: Lend me a Looking-glafle, 
If that her breath will milt or ftaine the ftone. 
Why then fhe Hues. 

Kent. Is this the promised end? 

Edg. Or image of that horror?^ 

Alb. Fall and ceafe. 

265 Lear. This feather ftirs, fhe Hues : if it be fo, 
It is a chance which do's redeeme all forrowes 
That euer I haue felt. 

Kent. O my good Mafter. 

Lear, Prythee away. 

Edg. 'Tis Noble Kent your Friend. 

Lear. A plague vpon you Murderors, Traitors all, 
270 1 might haue fau'd her, now fhe's gone for euer: 
Cordelia, Cordelia, ftay a little. Ha: 
What is't thou faift? Her voice was euer foft. 
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman. 

805 Lear. And my poore Foole is hang'd: no, 

no, no life? 
Why fhould a Dog, a Horfe, a Rat haue life. 
And thou no breath at all ? Thou'lt come no more, 
Neuer, neuer, neuer, neuer, neuer. 
Pray you vndo this Button. Thanke you Sir, 

^ The fourth howle in Q only. ^ your. ■' Full stop. 



From King Lear. 163 



Act V. Scene hi. 



le:r.] huwl, huwl, huwl, huwl! o:, iu ger 

men ov stoinz: 
haed ij iur tui]z aend ijz, ijld iuz dem so: 
daet he(:)v,nz vailt Juild kraek. Ji:z goin for ever! 
ij kno: hwen o:n iz ded, gend hwen o:n livz; 260 

Jiiz ded gez e(:)r0. lend mi ge luikig-glges ; 
if daet her bre(i)e wil mist or staein de stoin, 
hwij, den Ji livz. 

kent.] iz dis de promist end? 

edgasr.] or imaed; ov daet horor? 

aeilbaeni.] fa:l^ aend seis! 

le:r.] dis feder sturz; Ji livz! if it bii so:, 265 
it iz ae tjaens hwitj duz rediim a:l sorouz 
daet ever ij haev felt. 

kent.] 01 mij gud maester! 

leir.] pridi:, aewaei. 

edgaer.] tiz noib,l kent, iur frend. 

leir.] ae plaeig upon iu murd(e)rerz, traeitorz ail ! 
ij mijt haev sae:vd her; nuw Jiiz goin for ever! 270 
kordeilTae, kordeilTae, staei ae lit^l. hae: ! 
hwaet ist duw saeist? her vois waez ever soft, 
d^entjl, aend loi, aen eks(e)lent 0ii) in wumaen. 

le:r.] aend mij puir fuil iz haeijd! noi, no:, 305 

no: lijf! 
hwij Juild ae dog, ae hors, ae raet haev lijf, 
aend duw no bre(:)0 aet a:r? duwlt kum no moir, 
never, never, never, never, never ! 
praei iu, undu: dis but,n: 0aer)k iu, sir. 



11* 



164 From Othello. 

810 Do you lee this ? Looke on her ! ^ Looke her lips, 
Looke there, looke there. 

Edg. He faints, my Lord, my Lord. 

Kent. Breake heart, I prythee breake. 
Edg. Looke vp my Lord. 

Kent. Vex not his gholt, O let him paffe, he 

hates him, 
That would vpon the wracke of this tough world 
315 Stretch him out longer. 



From Othello. 

Act I. Scene in. 
Her Father lou'd me, oft inuited me : 
Still queftion'd me the Storie of my life, 

130 From yeare to yeare : the Battailes,- Sieges, Fortunes,^ 
That I haue paft. 

I ran it through, euen from my boy if h dales, 
Toth' very moment that he bad me tell it. 
Wherein I fpoke of moft difaftrous chances: 

185 Of mouing Accidents by Flood and Field, 

Of haire-breadth fcapes i'th'imminent deadly breach; 
Of being taken by the Infolent Foe, 
And fold to flauery. Of my redemption thence, 
And portance in my Trauellours hiftorie. 

140 Wherein of Antars vaft, and Defarts idle. 

Rough Quarries, Rocks, and* Hills, whole heads ^ 

touch heauen. 
It was my hint to fpeake. Such was my Proceffe, 

1 her? 2 Battaile. (Thisandmost other corrections 
from Q.J ^ Fortune. * and om. ^ head. 



From Othello. 165 

du iu si: dis? luik on her, luik, her lips, 310 

luik de:r, lu:k de;r! 

edgaer.] hi faeints ! mij lord, mij lord ! 

kent.] breik, haert; ij pridii, breik! 

edgger.] luik up, mij lord. 

kent.] veks not hiz goist: o:, let him paes! 

hi: hae:ts him 
daet wuild upon de wraek ov dis tuf world 
stretj him uwt logger. 315 



From Othello. 

Act I. Scene in. 
her faeder luvd mi:; oft invijted mi:; 
stil kwestiond mi: de sto:ri ov mij lijf, 
from je:r tu je:r, de baet,lz, si:d5ez, fortiunz, 130 

daet ij haev paest. 

ij raen it 6ru:, i:vn from mij boiij daeiz, 
tud veri moiment daet hi baed mi tel it; 
hwe:rin ij spo:k ov mo:st dizaestrus tjaensez, 
ov mu:vii) aeksidents bij flud aend fi:ld, 135 

ov haeir-brede skae:ps id im(i)nent dedli bre:tj, 
ov bi:ii) tae:k,n bij de ins(o)lent fo: 
aend sould tu slas:v(e)ri, ov mij redempsion dens 
aend portaens in mij traev(e)lerz histori: 
hwe:rin ov aenterz vaest send dezaerts ijd,l, uo 

ruf kwaeriz, roks asnd hilz hwu:z hedz tutj he(:)v,n, 

it waez mij hint tu spe:k,— sutj waez mij pro:ses; 



166 From Othello. 

And of the Canibals that each others eate, 
The Anthropophagi^ ^ and men whole heads 

145 Do grow 2 beneath their Ihoulders. Thefe things 

to heare, 
Would Defdemona lerioufly incline: 
But ftill the houfe Affaires would draw her thence : ^ 
Which euer as fhe could with hafte difpatch, 
She'ld* come againe, and with a greedie eare 

isoDeuoure vp my dilcourfe. Which I obferuing, 
Tooke once a pliant houre, and found good meanes 
To draw from her a prayer of earneft heart, 
That I would all my Pilgrimage dilate, 
Whereof by parcels fhe had fomething heard, 

156 But not intentiuely : "^ I did confent. 
And often did beguile her of her teares, 
When I did fpeake of fome diftreffefull ftroke 
That my youth fuffer'd: My Storie being done, 
She gaue me for my paines a world of sighes : ^ 

160 She fwore in faith 'twas ftrange : 'twas paffingftrange, 
'Twas pittifuU : 'twas wondrous pittifull. 
She wifh'd fhe had not heard it, yet fhe wifh'd 
That Heauen had made her fuch a man. She 

thank 'd me. 
And bad me, if I had a Friend that lou'd her, 

165 1 fhould but teach him how to tell my Story, 
And that would wooe her. Vpon this hint I fpake, 
She lou'd me for the dangers I had paft. 
And I lou'd her, that fhe did pitty them. 
This onely is the witch-craft I haue vs'd. 



^ Antropophague. - Grew. ^ hence. * She'l'd. 
^ inftinctiuely. ^ kiffes. 



From Othello. 167 

aend ov de kyenibaelz dset eitj uderz e:t, 
de aeneropofaed^ij, gend men hwuiz hedz 
du gro: bineid^ daeir Joulderz. deiz eii)z tu heir i45 

wuild dezdemoinae seirTusli inklijn: 

but stil de huws aefseirz wuild drai her dens: 

hwitj ever aez Ji kuild wid haeist dispaetj, 

Jiild kum asgaein^ aend wid ae greidi eir 

devuwr up mij diskuirs: hwitJ ij obzervii), iso 

tuik o:ns ae phjaent uwr, aend fuwnd gud meinz 

tu dra: from her ae praeir ov ernest haert 

daet ij wuild ail mij pilgrimaed; dilaeit, 

hweirov bij paers,lz Ji haed sumeii) haerd, 

but not intentivli. ij did konsent, 155 

aend oft,n did bigijl her ov her teirz, 

hwen ij did speik ov sum distresful stroik 

daet mij jiue suferd. mij stoiri biiii) dun, 

Ji gaeiv mi for mij paeinz ae world ov sijz : 

Ji swoir, in faeie, twaez straend5, twaez paesig straend^, leo 

twaez pitifulj twaez wundrus pitiful: 

Ji wijt Ji haed not haerd it, jit Ji wijt 

daet he(:)vn haed maeid her sutj ae maen: Ji 0aei)kt 

mil, 
aend baed mii, if ij haed ae frend daet luvd her, 
ij Juild but teitj him huw tu tel mij stoiri, les 

aend daet wuild wui her. upon dis hint ij spaeik: 
Ji luvd mi: for de daend5erz ij haed paest, 
aend ij luvd her daet Ji did piti dem. 
dis o.nli iz de witj-kraeft ij haev iuzd. 



Or bine.O. 



168 From Othello, 



Act IV. Scene n. 



Alas lago, 
What Ihall I do to win my Lord againe? 

150 Good Friend^ go to him : for by this light of Heauen, 
I know not how I loft him. Heere I kneele: 
If ere my will did trefpaffe 'gainft his Loue, 
Either in difcourfe of thought, or actuall deed^ 
Or that mine Eyes, mine Eares, or any Sence 

155 Delighted them in any^ other Forme, 
Or that I do not yet, and euer did, 
And euer will, (though he do fhake me off 
To beggerly diuorcement) Loue him deerely, 
Comfort forfweare me. Vnkindneffe may do much, 

160 And his vnkindneffe may defeat my life, 

But neuer taynt my Loue 



Act V. Scene il 

840 I PRAY you in your Letters, 

When you fhall thefe vnluckie deeds relate, 
Speake of me, as I am. Nothing extenuate. 
Nor fet downe ought in malice. Then muft you 

fpeake, ^ 
Of one that lou'd not wifely, but too well: 

845 Of one, not eafily lealious, but being wrought. 
Perplexed in the extreame: Of one, whofe hand 
(Like the bafe Indean threw a Pearle away 
Richer then all his Tribe: Of one, whofe fubdu'd 

Eyes, 
Albeit vn-vfed to the melting moode, 

^ them: or any. ^ Xhen . . . fpeake, a 7iew line. 



From Othello. 169 



Act IV. Scene n. 



selaes, iae.goi. 
hwaet Jael ij du: tu win mijlord segaein? 
gud frend, go: tu him; for, bij dis lijt ov he(i)vn, iso 
ij knoi not huw ij lost him. heir ij kni:l: 
if e:r mij wil did trespaes gaeinst hiz luv, 
eid(e)r^ in diskuirs ov eout or aektmael diid, 
or daet mijn ijz, mijn eirz^ or aeni sens, 
delijted dem in aeni uder form; 155 

or dast ij du: not jit, aend ever did, 
aend ever wil — dou hi du Jae:k mi of 
tu begerli divorsment— luv him deirli, 
kumfort forsweir mii! unkijndnes maei dui mutj; 
aend hiz unkijndnes maei defeit mij lijf, leo 

but never taeint mij luv 



Act V. Scene il 

ij praei iu, in iur leterz, 340 
hwen iu Jael deiz unluki diidz relaeit, 
speik ov mi: asz ij asm; noeii] eksteniuaeit, 
nor set duwn out in masiis: den must iu speik 

ov o:n daet luvd not wijzli but tu: wel; 

ov o:n not e:z(i)li d^elTus, but bi;ii) wrout 345 

perplekst in de ekstreim; ov o:n hwuiz haend, 

lijk de baeis indiaen, eriu ae perl aewaei 

ritjer den a:l hiz trijb; ov o:n hwu:z subdiud ijz, 

a:lbi:(i)t uniuzed tu de meltiij mu:d, 
^ Hardly eir. 



170 From Antony and Cleopatra. 

850 Drops teares as fait as the Arabian Trees 
Their Medicinable gumme 



I kilt thee, ere I kill'd thee: No way but this, 
KilHng my felfe, to dye vpon a kilfe. 



From Antony and Cleopatra. 

Act II. Scene ii. 
The Barge fhe fat in, like a burnilht Throne 
I Burnt on the water: the Poope was beaten Gold,. 
Purple the Sailes : and lo perfumed that 
The Windes were Loue-Iicke with them. The Owers 

were Siluer, ^ 

200 Which to the tune of Flutes kept Itroke, and made 
The water which they beate, to follow falter; 
As amorous of their Itrokes. For her owne perfon 
It beggerd all dilcription, fhe did lye 
In her Pauillion, cloth of Gold, of Tiffue, 

205 O 're-picturing that Venus, ^ where we fee 

The fancie out-worke Nature. On each fide her, 
Stood pretty Dimpled Boyes, like fmiling Cupids, 
With diuers coulour'd Fannes whole winde did feeme,. 
To glow ^ the delicate cheekes which they did coole,. 

210 And what they vndid did. 

Her Gentlewomen,^ like the Nereides, 

So many Mer-maides tended her i'th'eyes, 

And made their bends adornings. At the Helme, 

^ Loue-ficke. With them the Owers were Siluer 
(With beginning a new line). ^ Venns. ^ gloue. 

^ Gentlewoman. 



From Antony and Cleopatra. 171 

drops teirz gez fsest aez de aeraeibiaen triiz 350 

daeir med(i)sinaeb,l gum. 

ij kist dii eir ij kild dii: no: waei but dis; 
kilii) mijself, tu dij upon se kis. 



From Antony and Cleopatra. 
Act II. Scene ii. 
de bgerd; Ji sset in, lijk ae burnijt Groin, 
burnt on de wseter: de puip wgez beit,n gould; 
purpjl de sgeilz, send so: perfiumed dset 
de wijndz wer luv-sik wid dem •, d(e) oirz wer silver, 

hwitj tu de tiun ov fliuts kept stro:k, gend mgeid 200 

de wseter hwitJ dsei be:t tu folo: faester, 

sez gem(o)rus ov daeir stro:ks. for her oun person, 

it begerd ail deskripsTon: Ji did lij 

in her paevilTon — kloG ov gould ov tisiu — 

o:r-piktiurii) daet veinus hwe:r wi si: 20& 

de faensi uwtwurk naeitiur: on e:tj sijd her 

stu(i)d priti dimp,ld boiz, lijk smijlii] kiupidz, 

wid dijvers-kulord faenz, hwuiz wijnd did siim 

tu glou de del(i)kae(:)t tji:ks hwitJ daei did kuil, 

send hwaet daei undid did. 21a 

her d5ent,lwi(:)men, lijk de nereidz, 

so maeni mermaeidz, tended her id ijz, 

aend maeid daeir bendz aedornirjz: aet de helm 



172 From Antony and Cleopatra. 

A feeming Mer-maide Iteeres: The Silken Tackle, 
215 Swell with the touches of thole Flower-loft hands, 
That yarely frame the office. From the Barge 
A Itrange inuifible perfume hits the fenfe 
Of the adiacent Wharfes. The Citty caft 
Her people out vpon her: and Anthony 
520 Enthroned i'th'xMarket-place, did fit alone, 
Whifling to th'ayre:^ which but for vacancie, 
Had gone to gaze on Cleopater too, 
And made a gap in Nature. 



Act V, Scene ii. 

Give me my Robe, put on my Crowne, I haue 
Immortall longings in me. Now no more 

285 The iuyce of Egypts Grape fhall moyft this lip. 
Yare, yare, good Iras ; quicke : Me thinkes I heare 
Anthony call: I fee him rowfe himfelfe 
To praife my Noble Act. I heare him mock 
The lucke of Ccefar^ which the Gods giue men 

290 To excufe their after wrath. Husband, I come: 
Now to that name, m)^ Courage proue my Title. 
I am Fire, and Ayre; my other Elements 
I giue to bafer life. So, haue you done? 
Come then, and take the laft warmth of my Lippes. 
Farewell kinde Charmian, Iras, long farewell. 



to'th'ayre. 



From Antony and Cleopatra. 173 

se siimii) mermaeid sti:rz: de silk,n tgek,! 

swel wid de tutjez ov do:z fluwr-soft haendz, 215 

daet jaeirli fraeim de ofis. from de baerd5 

ge straend^ inviz(i)b,l perfium hits de sens 

ov de aed5ae:sent hw serfs, de siti ksest 

her piip,l uwt upon her; send aentoni, 

ineroind id maerket plaeis, did sit seloin, 220 

hwis(t)lii] tu daeir; hwitj but for vaeikaensi, 

haed goin tu gaeiz on kleiopaeiter tu: 

aend maeid ae gaep in nae;tiur. 



Act V. Scene ii. 

giv mi mij roib^ put on mij kruwn; ij haeiv 

imortael loi)gii)z in mi: : nuw no mo:r 

de d^ius ov e:d5ipts grae:p Jael moist dis Up: 28& 

jae:r, jas:r, gud ijraes; kwik. mieiijks ij heir 

aentoni kail; ij sii him ruwz himself 

tu praeiz mij no:b,l eekt; ij he;r him mok 

de luk ov se:zser, hwitJ de godz giv men 

t(u) ekskiuz daeir aefter wraeG : huzbaend, ij kum : 29a 

nuw tu daet ne:m mij kuraed; pru:v mij tijt,l! 

ij (ae)m fijr aend aeir; mij uder elements 

ij giv tu bae:ser Hjf. so:; haev iu dun? 

kum den, send tae:k de laest waermG ov mij lips. 

fae:rwelj kijnd tjaermiaen; ijraes, loi) faeirwel. 



174 From Cymbeline. 

From Cymbeline. 
Act II. Scene iii. 
Song. 
Hearke, hearke, the Larke at Heauens gate lings, 

And Phoebus gins arife, 
His Steeds to water at thole Springs 
25 On chaUc'd Flowres that lyes: 
And winking Mary-buds begin 

To ope their Golden eyes 
With euery thing that pretty is, 
My Lady f weet arife : ^ 
.80 Arife, arife. 

Act III. Scene iv. 

Come Fellow, be thou honeft, 
Do thou thy Mafters bidding. When thou feeft him, 
A little witneffe my obedience. Looke 
I draw the Sword my felfe, take it, and hit 

70 The innocent Manfion of my Loue (my Heart:) 
Feare not, 'tis empty of all things, but Greefe: 
Thy Mafter is not there, who was indeede 
The riches of it. Do his bidding, ftrike. 
Thou mayft be valiant in a better caule; 

75 But now thou feem'It a Coward. 

Why, I muft dye: 
And if I do not by thy hand, thou art 
No Seruant of thy Mafters. Againft Selfe-flaughter, 
There is a prohibition fo Diuine, 
so That crauens my weake hand: Come, heere's my 

heart : 

1 LI. 26 to 29 printed as two lines. 



From Cymbeline. 175 

From Cymbeline. 
Act II. Scene hi. 

[SOI].] 

haerk, hserk! de laerk get he(:)vnz gaeit sii)z, 

aend feibus ginz gerijz, 
hiz stiidz tu waeter get do:z spriijz 

on tjselist flawrz daet lijz; 25 

aend wiijkii) maeiri-budz bigin 

tu o:p dgeir gould^n ijz: 
wid ev(e)ri eii] daet priti iz, 

mij Iseidi swi:t, serijz: 

serijzj aerijz. 30 



Act III. Scene iv. 

kum, felo:, bi: duw onest: 
du: duw dij maesterz bidii) : hwen duw siist him, 
ae litjl witnes mij obeidiens: lu:k! 
ij dra: de sword mijself: taeik it, send hit 
de in(o)sent maensTon ov mij luv, mij haert: 70 

fe.T not; tiz empti ov ail eii)z but griif: 
dij maester iz not deir, hwu: waez indiid 
de ritjez ov it: dui hiz bidii] ; strijk 
duw maeist bi vaelTaent in se beter kaiz; 
but nuw duw siimst ae kuwaerd. 76 

hwij, ij must dij; 
*cend if ij dui not bij dij haend, duw aert 
no; servaent ov dij maesterz. aegaeinst self-slaiter 
der iz ae prohibisTon so: divijn 
daet krae:v,nz mij we:k haend. kum, heirz mij haert. so 



176 From Cymbeline. 

Something's a-for't:^ Soft, loft, wee'l no defence, 
Obedient as the Scabbard. What is heere, 
The Scriptures of the Loyall Leonatus, 
All turn'd to Herefie? Away, away, 
85 Corrupters of my Faith, you fhall no more 
Be Stomachers to my heart : thus may poore Fooles 
Beleeue f alfe Teachers : Though thofe that are betraid 
Do feele the Treafon fharpely, yet the Traitor 
Stands in worle cafe of woe 



Act IV. Scene ii. 
Song. 
Guid. Feare no more the heate o'th'Sun, 
Nor the furious Winters rages, 
260 Thou thy worldly task haft don. 

Home art gon, and tane thy wages. 
Golden Lads, and Girles all muft. 
As Chimney-Sweepers come to duft. 

Ami. Feare no more the frowne o'th' Great, 
365 Thou art paft the Tirants ftroake, 

Care no more to cloath and eate. 

To thee the Reede is as the Oake: 
The Scepter, Learning, Phyficke muft, 
All follow this and come to duft. 

21^ Guid. Feare no more the Lightning flafh. 
Ami. Nor th' all-dreaded Thunderftone. 

Qui. Feare not Slander, Cenfure rafh. 
Ami. Thou haft finifh'd loy and mone. 

^ a-foot. 



From Cymbeline. 177 

sumeiijz ae-fort. soft, soft! will no: defens; 

obeidient aez de skaebaerd. hwaet iz heir? 

de skriptiurz ov de loiael leionseitus, 

ail turnd tu heresi? aewaei, gewaei, 

korupterz ov mij faei9 ! iu Jael no moir 85 

bi stum(as)kerz tu mij haert. dus maei puir fuilz 

biliiv fails teitjerz: dou doiz daet aer bitr^id 

du fill de treiz,n Jaerpli, jit de traeitor 

staendz in wurs kaeis ov woi 



Act IV. Scene ii. 

[SOI).] 
gijdeirms.] feir no moir de heit od sun, 

nor de fiurius winterz raeid^ez; 
duw dij worldli tcEsk haest dun, 26a 

hoim aert goin, ^nd taein dij waeid^ez : 
gould,n laedz aend girlz ail must, 
aez tjimni-swiiperz, kum tu dust. 

aerviraegus.] feir no moir de fruwn od greit; 

duw aert paest de tijraents stroik; 265 
kaeir no moir tu kloid send eit; 

tu di: de riid iz aez de oik: 
de septer, lernii), fizik, must 
ail foloi dis, aend kum tu dust. 

gijdeirms.] fe:r no moir de lijtnii)-flaej, 27a 

aerviraegus.] nor dail-dre(i)ded 0under-stoin ; 
gijdeirms.] feir not slaender, sensiur raej; 
aerviraegus.] duw hcest finijt d^oi aend mom: 

Victor, Shakespeare's Pronunciation. H. 12 



IjQ From Cymbeline. 

Both. All Louers young, all Loners muft, 

275 Configne to thee and come to dult. 

Guid. No Exorcifor harme thee, 

Arm. Nor no witch-craft charme thee. 

Guid. Ghoft vnlaid forbeare thee. 

Arui. Nothing ill come neere thee. 

asoBoth. Quiet confumation haue. 

And renowned be thy graue. 



From Cymbeline. 179 

bo:0.] a:l luverz jux], ail luverz must 

konsijn tu dii, aend kum tu dust. 275 

gijdeinus.] no: eksorsijzer haerm di: ! 
gervirgegus.] nor no witjkraeft t/aerm di: ! 
gijdeinus.] goist unlaeid forbeir di: ! 
serviraegus.] noeii) il kum neir di:! 
boi8.] kwijet konsiumaeisTon haeiv; 280 

aend renuwned bii dij grasiv! 



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